QUEBEC CITY, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 16: (L to R) James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo of Metallica performing at Centre Videotron on September 16, 2015 in Quebec City, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Yeager/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
The Oakland Athletics have begun announcing some of their promotional giveaways for the upcoming 2016 season.
On Tuesday, the club lifted the curtain on what's sure to be a can't-miss giveaway for fans: a Sean Doolittle gnome, which will be given out on April 30.
As the A's revealed, the doll will have a fuzzy red beard not unlike Doolittle's own, but it will also feature him wearing a Metallica shirt - and it will play "For Whom the Bell Tolls", the song that blares throughout O.co Coliseum whenever Doolittle is called upon out of the bullpen.
Check it out:
Judging by his Twitter account (something Doolittle uses quite frequently), Sean was quite excited about his gnome replica...and he expressed that enthusiasm with social media's preferred method of currency, puns:
The constant punning led to this exchange, as others were keen to "Fight Fire With Fire" (to cite another Metallica song):
The A's right field bleacher contingent is presumably just as pumped-up about the gnome as anyone else - after all, they erupt into a group head-banging session whenever Doolittle jogs in from the bullpen.
Here's hoping all who want one of these musical Doolittle gnome winds up getting one, lest they be stricken with "Gnome Remorse".
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