After holding the best record in major league baseball for most of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers went into a serious slump, losing eleven of their last twelve games, five of them by shutout. Dodger fans fretted day and night. But, on Sunday, July 1, all that changed. After Dodger management handed out free Hello Kitty Bobbleheads to the sellout crowd, the Dodger players exploded with eight scrappy runs, and trounced the New York Mets, 8 to 3. It was Hello Kitty power at its finest. Bo-Gay, Bruce, Martha, and I walked from our house to the stadium with Hello Kitty fan and great neighbor, Sakae, to that game to collect our bobbleheads.

Here’s a close up of the well crafted bobbleheads. Someone remarked that they looked so good because Hello Kitty already has a huge head!

The cat theme was in evidence everywhere. This person was watching the Nisei Week queen and her court being introduced at home plate.

Here it is! The Dodgers’ first run in many days as a batter gets a base hit and heads to first, and a teammate scores from second base. The crowd went crazy when the Dodgers finally scored a run!