A bleacher creature for every season.

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Major League baseball's spring training is in full swing. The National Hockey League's regular season is in the stretch run, with teams desperately jockeying for playoff position (same goes for the National Basketball Association, despite the lockout). Even football remains fresh in our minds--after all, the NFI's Super Bowl was played only last month--so bring on the Bleacher Creatures.

Designed for the young sports fan in your family, Bleacher Creatures--through official partnerships with the professional sports leagues--are a line of plush characters, hand puppets, and wind-up toys that connect children to their favorite teams and athletes.

March may have its college basketball madness but, in our household, hockey carries the day. Our son, like his grandfather, is devoted to the Chicago Blackhawks, so how could we say no to his request for a 14-inch Patrick Kane plush? Kane, if you recall, scored the Game 6 overtime clincher two years back to give the Hawks their first Stanley Cup championship since 1961, when guys like Grandpa favorites Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Glenn Hall wooed the Windy City.

Hockey, however, is a coast-to-coast affair with lots of teams to love. In the Eastern Conference, for instance, our boy opts for the Washington Capitals (unless they're playing Chicago), so we got him an Alex Ovechkin Jersey Wind-up replete...