This is news to me but apparently there is an online movement to have American hero Weird Al Yankovic perform at halftime of next year’s Super Bowl. It started with a column in the Daily News, and now Weird Al himself is on board.

For so many reasons, this needs to happen. There are a bunch of online petitions running. This is the one I’m filling out. Join me in making this absurd pipedream a reality. I hope he closes with Harvey the Wonder Hamster.

Also, since you’re filling stuff out online and in a generous spirit, check out the Kickstarter for the Hall of Very Good book started by Sky Kalkman and Marc Normandin. If it gets done, you get the rare opportunity to read stuff I write. Also, it puts me in a book alongside many of the best baseball writers in the world.