Minor league team to give away Jayson Werth bobbleheads with real beards (PHOTO)

Bobbleheads are still one of the best sports giveaways these days, but since you can get your own bobbing replica of your grandma made on the Internet, the thrill has sort of lost its bounce.

Few are truly unique until an upcoming freebie of Jayson Werth reared its little head.

The Potomac Nationals, Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, found a way to make their upcoming bobblehead giveaway a little different. This Saturday they are giving the first 1,000 fans a Werth bobblehead with a real beard:

JAYSON WERTH BOBBLEBEARDS ARE HERE! The first 1,000 lucky fans at The Pfitz on Sat. will take one home! Gates at 5pm. pic.twitter.com/KhQDb81PLs
— Potomac Nationals (@PNats42) June 10, 2014

While Brain Wilson already had his hairy face immortalized with a real beard, Werth's bobblehead is way more hirsute. A little scary actually — with what looks like lots of reddish hair coming out of his face and back.

And if they have any left over — with a little purple paint — they could pawn them off on the Rockies as their beloved Sasquatch.

Brian Wilson's lookalike has awesome reaction to pitcher's strikeout (VIDEO)

After a long rain delay, the Dodgers still found themselves down two runs in the late innings of Monday night's game with the Nationals. 

When the game resumed, Brian Wilson and his famous facial hair came in to pitch the bottom half of the seventh and surrendered two hits and issued a walk, but struck out the side to get out of a bases-loaded jam.

And nobody was more ramped up to see The Beard than Wilson's doppelganger sitting directly behind home plate at Dodgers Stadium.

If Brian Wilson is on the mound, then who is that behind home plate? pic.twitter.com/BecYEXAL9Y
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 6, 2014

Wilson's bearded lookalike went absolutely bonkers after the pitcher got the final strike.

Yup. The power of The Beards.

Lenny Dykstra gets shaggy behind bars

It looks like Lenny Dykstra is going for that old Brian Wilson look while he is behind bars.

A mugshot of the gray-bearded Dykstra, once known as "Nails" for his all-out playing style, was obtained by TMZ and shows the former New York Mets centerfielder sporting a ZZ Top starter face.

It bears little resemblance to the "Dude" of old.

Dykstra, who was a key member of the the Mets 1986 World Series championship team, is in jail for a full roster of crimes — including bankruptcy fraud, grand theft auto and a couple of lewd Craigslist incidents.

The self-taught financial investor made a fortune while his stock-picking website became popular and his financial advice magazine, the Players Club, had investment advice exclusively for pro athletes to help them with money management.

Dykstra's jet-setting lifestyle fell apart during the housing crash a few years ago.

The 49-year-old Dykstra was facing 20 more years in prison last December but prosecutors recommended 2 1/2 years — for three felony counts of money laundering, bankruptcy fraud and concealing assets — on top of the three years he is already serving for grand theft auto.

Mets interested in signing Brian Wilson: Report

While the New York Yankees are looking to shave their payroll, it looks like the cross-city Mets might be looking to add a little beard to their roster.  Make that a lot of a lot of facial hair.

According to CBSSports.com, the Mets are interested in signing shaggy free agent closer Brian Wilson.  Mets general manager Sandy Alderson watched the former San Francisco Giants reliever in a private workout Saturday, as tweeted by USA Today reporter Bob Nightengale:

The New York #Mets are showing strong interest in former #SFGiants closer Brian Wilson. GM Sandy Alderson watched him Sat in private workout
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) January 13, 2013

The 30-year-old Wilson had Tommy John surgery in April and missed all but two games of the Giants World Series championship season.  He is reportedly on track to be ready for Opening Day.

"I'm going to me," he told reporters.

Wilson has 171 saves for the Giants and was once known as one of the most dominant closers in the major leagues.

Frank Francisco had 23 saves for the lowly Mets as the team's closer last season.  The only thing bigger than his 5.53 ERA was his weight.  He is still under contract with the team but could become Wilson's set-up man if the Mets end up signing the hirsute closer.

The report says six to eight teams have shown interest for the services of Wilson.  He is still deciding whether or not he wants to close for a non-contender or become a set-up man for a team with playoff potential.

Right now, the Mets chances of making the playoffs seem razor thin — so closer it would be.

World Series Champs Giants Visit White House; President Obama Admits He Fears The Beard

The San Francisco Giants,  2010 World Series Champions, visited President Obama at the White House yesterday.  The nation's number one baseball fan called the team, "Characters with character,"  then singled out out Giants closer Brian Wilson by asking," Where's the guy with the beard?"  Obama looked at Wilson's Grizzly Adams-type facial hair, shook his head and said, "I do fear it."

Obama, taking a break from his budget battle, met with the Giants yesterday afternoon in the East Room of the White House and wished the team well in it's quest to defend it's World Series Championship unless it was against his beloved Chicago White Sox.  "Which right now isn't a sure thing," he joked about his struggling home team.

The President shook hands with the players and mingled with a gaggle of San Francisco politicians including former mayors and House Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi.

Besides seeking out the free spirit Wilson, Obama sounded like he feels a kinship with Tim "The Freak" Lincecum and the rest of the team's collection of castoffs and misfits.

"The Giants may be a little different, but know how to win," said Obama, a knowledgeable baseball fan.

Obama congratulated the Giants for their miraculous season, where they won their first World Series Championship since moving to San Francisco from New York 53 years ago.

The President got to hang with one of his idols once again, Willie Mays-- who was once a guest on Air Force One during a trip to the 2009 All-Star Game.  Mays presented the Leader of the Free World with a Giants jersey signed by the team.  Obama joked about his flight with the baseball great, Mays.

"Very rarely, when I'm on Air Force One, am I the second most important guy on there," he said.  "Everyone was passing me by-- 'Can I get you something Mr. Mays?'"

The President lauded the team for efforts to support injured U.S. troops and praised the players for being the first American sports team to make an "It Gets Better" video to help gay and lesbian youths who have been bullied.

Giants manager, Bruce Bochy, summed up the visit by saying," Certainly, we were all honored to be there.  It's quite a privilege."

He was probably more thankful the outlandish Wilson didn't wear a skin-tight Lycra tuxedo.

San Francisco Giants Plan To Use Falcons To Halt Seagull Invasion

The invasion of seagulls swarming down into the stands at AT&T Park during San Francisco Giants games has gotten so bad the team is planning on using falcons to disperse the invading flocks.

The huge Western Gulls begin swooping down right around the seventh inning stretch to grab discarded food and even snag ball park treats from fan's hands.

By the ninth inning, the attacks in the stands sometimes looks like the scene from "The Wizard of Oz" when the flying monkeys dismantle the Tin Man and unstuff the Scarecrow.  To some fans getting pooped on the head is a worse fate.  I don't think seagull look-alike, Tim Lincecum, getting plopped on his cap would consider it good luck either. 

Maybe the birds come late to catch a glimpse of closer Brian Wilson mopping up.  Who knows what's  nesting in his beard.

The nuisance has increased steadily over the past decade since the stadium opened in 2000, but now, the birds have fans literally running for cover.  The giant bird's diet consists of garbage, eggs, other birds, fish and roadkill.  Apparently they eat anything in their paths.

"We've seen an increase in the birds," said Jorge Costa, Giant's operations manager.  "And the behavior seems to be more aggressive.  They've started flying around and trying to go into the stands while the game's in progress.  That's unusual for them."

Experts think the gulls are attracted to AT&T Park from nests on Alcatraz Island and by the activity of the fans.

"They probably see the lights on, or in the afternoon, they probably see the crowd," said Dan Murphy, Golden Gate Audubon volunteer.  "When the crowd starts thinning, they just show up."

To combat the invasion, the Giants are considering hiring a commercial falconer company to ward off the pests.  The cost to the team is estimated to be around $100,000 per year.

In San Francisco--the Ground Zero of politically correctness--  I'm sure the falcons will be used to only scare the invading scavengers.  No dirty birds will be harmed in the process.