Warm Fuzzies in Hermosa

If ever there was something to make me homesick for L.A., it'd have to be this — a bunch of goofballs turning a Little League baseball game into a major-league event. The Improv Everywhere troupe are at it again.

But why the sentiment? I spent many years in the enclave where the game took place. It was a little bit of suburban hell in paradise. The Goodyear Blimp that flew over the game once carried me and a friend on a private tour high over the South Bay — the "charter member" club card is faded now, but I still have it, complete with the pilot's signature; the memory of that golden afternoon remains vivid.

But most of all, the video reminds me of the immense volume of good intention among Angelenos that can make people happy when the doers don't flake out.

So here it is: the mission known as "Best Game Ever."