‘The Freak’ Cy Young Contender; Berkeley Grocer Pissed @LATimes; TV Drama Hooks U.S. Koreans
September 24, 2008
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- BECAUSE OF TIM LINCECUM’S high leg-kick and Olive Oyl long-stride delivery, hitters started calling the S.F. Giants starter “The Freak.” But what’s really freaky about the 24-year-old Seattle native is that the diminuitive (5-10, 170) Filipino American can crank his two-seam fastball up to the plate at 100 mph. He a guy a lot of hitters would rather not face, and he’s got a good chance to be awarded the 2008 NL Cy Young Award.
- GLENN YASUDA has risen before sun-up for the past 30 years in order to bring customers at his Berkeley Bowl market the finest fruit and veggies available in the entire Bay Area, but he can be a little cranky and could ban you from his store if you don’t toe the line. L.A. Times’s featurist John Glionna profiled Yasuda and his store in a whimsical Sept. 22 Column One piece, but evidently, the 74-year-old Japanese American wasn’t too happy with the story and has reportedly banned Glionna from his store… for life. Read the offending piece here. Visit Berkeley Bowl’s web site here.
- KOREAN TV DRAMA MANIA has reached our shores. Korean Americans from Fort Lee, NJ to L.A.’s Koreatown will be glued to their wide-screen TV’s Sept. 25 for the final episode of the insanely popular KBS TV drama Women in the Sun, the tale of two sisters who share a dark childhood secret. The 20-episode program, which garnered monster ratings in So. Korea, is targeted at the young adult audience and boasts an all-star cast of the Korean entertainment industry’s hottest male and female idols. So, break out the dried squid jerky, OB Beer and hankies. It’s gonna be a roller-coaster ride, baby!
