Mac Miller bobblehead drives huge crowd in Pittsburgh

Pirates drew their biggest crowd of the season as fans clamored for bobblehead featuring the late rapper

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The Mac Miller bobbleheads have already become a red-hot item on the secondary market. (Credit: eBay)

1, 2, 3, 4, some crazy-ass fans come and knocked up on your door so ... give them bobbleheads.

For the first time this season, the Pirates were the talk of Major League Baseball for a reason other than Paul Skenes on Saturday.

Fans lined up across the Roberto Clemente Bridge to get their hands on the bobblehead. (Credit: eBay)
Fans lined up across the Roberto Clemente Bridge to get their hands on the bobblehead. (Credit: eBay)

The team set high marks for attendance this season in a showdown between the 39-61 Pirates and the 35-65 White Sox. Why? The team was giving out Mac Miller bobbleheads to the first 20,000 fans in attendance.

Miller, a Pittsburgh native, was a die-hard fan of all of the city's sports teams. The rapper died in 2018 at the age of 26, though his legacy remains as strong as ever, especially in the Steel City.

Fans lined the Roberto Clemente Bridge all morning and afternoon, clamoring for one of the bobbleheads, with some even arriving to PNC Park as early as 8 a.m.

Additionally, the team sold limited-edition Mac Miller T-shirts in its store Saturday, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the Mac Miller Fund, which "supports young musicians with resources to help realize their full potential through exploration, expression and community."

The shirts sold out nearly immediately, leading to the team announcing they will be restocked later this week. And the team even announced anyone at the game who did not receive a bobblehead will be entitled to one at a future date. The bobbleheads are currently on eBay for as much as $850.

Miller's mother, Karen Meyers, threw out the ceremonial first pitch, and she was joined by Miller's brother and his manager.

The team also set up a fan messages wall where attendees could leave messages celebrating the hometown hero.

Matt Liberman is a reporter and video producer for cllct, the premier company for collectible culture.