So long, Nomo

Hideo Nomo retired from baseball after a 12-year career. please tell me this will finally make the 5-year old Nomo bobblehead sitting on my shelf worth something on eBay. i don't have to root for a horrible tragedy just to get more than $5, do i?


btw, that bobblehead could not look less like hideo nomo. whose the white guy they got to pose for the sculpting? did the manufacturer even know he's japanese? i'm not saying it needs to get all offensively over-the-top, but maybe some slightly slanted eyes...? is it cool to say "slanted"?

Greatest Things in LA

via Franklin Avenue... here's a fun tourney-style competition about the best things in los angeles. as i said in his comments, the most interesting one to me is vin scully vs. central library. vin scully is gonna destroy the library (baseball vs. reading?!?! NO way). i totally appreciate vin scully's contributions to the dodgers and baseball, i LOVE that he's an institution here in LA, and i think he's probably a GREAT guy (how great a Grandpa would he be?!?!). that being said, he often drives me nuts during games. there. i said it. phew! what a relief! he NEVER stops talking. EVER. he's always citing some stat or some story related to the current play. they're usually at least somewhat interesting... but i wouldn't mind a little shush-shush time. not a ton... just a few seconds here and there during a game so i can hear the fans, the vendors, etc. it feels like he's talking AT me. disclaimer: perhaps i'm just partial to harry kalas 'cause i'm a phillies phan. i could listen to him ALL DAY LONG!

http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2008/02/64-reasons-you-love-la.html

btw, my vote in that category isn't so much a vote against vin scully (despite what the previous paragraph makes it seem like). i really do think the Central Library is awesome and i'm bummed i don't get there more often. check it out sometime if you've never been there before.