It’s been a lost season for Oliver Perez, as Mets fans know, but Perez may try to make up for his extended spells of inactivity this season by pitching in winter ball in his native Mexico for the Culiacan Tomatillos.

– Anthony McCarron, N.Y. Daily News.

I may have mentioned here before how badly I want to go see Mexican League baseball. I was prepping to go in December, 2008, actually, but my plans fell through for a variety of reasons.

And now Ollie Perez is going to pitch there this winter? Yeah, sign me up for that. I don’t know how feasible it’s really going to be, of course, but the draw of baseball and Mexican food is a powerful one.

One note, though: The Wikipedia page for Culiacan says the team there is not called the Tomatillos, no matter how awesome it would be to have a team named after everyone’s favorite green-salsa ingredient. They’re actually the Tomateros, or Tomato Growers.