Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe 'FIELD OF DREAMS' SHUT DOWN David Kelly of Issaquah, Wash., built his own "field of dreams" baseball diamond on his property -- the kids and parents all came -- but the city has shut it down. Advertisement The Seattle Times writes the diamond, created on Kelly's mother's property, cannot be used as a baseball diamond unless Kelly purchases a permit costing thousands of dollars he does not have. Ballfields in short supply in Issaquah so Kelly's children's and nephew's Little League teams practiced at the field a few times a week over two seasons, the Times reports. They grilled hot dogs and hamburgers after taking grounders and one night slept in the outfield under the stars. The city says the permit is to make sure the diamond is safe and legal and add they've received some complaints about the field. FAKE YU-GI-OH! CARDS The New Zealand Herald reports customs agents have seized thousands of the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! trading cards that could be fakes. Like its predecessor Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh has been an elementary school age sensation, making it a multi-million dollar business. While both Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh are card games, Pokemon's monsters are "real" and fight each other, while Yu-Gi-Oh masters battle only through the card game. Both have spawned hit TV shows. Advertisement Wizard Distributors, stuck without stock until late June, has found six or seven importers that are bringing in fake cards, the Herald said. BROOKLYN'S BUSY BEES The neighborhood around a Brooklyn, N.Y., warehouse was swarming with some 15,000 bees Monday. The New York Post reports the area was cordoned off and traffic was stopped for hours until a brave beekeeper finally managed to collar the queen -- and a few hundred of her workers -- from inside the nest. Street cleaners working in the area apparently disturbed a tree that held the next and works and neighbors called police when the buzzing started. The bees were taken to a farm for release, officials told the Post. THUNDERBIRD FLIGHT SHORT LIVED Ford Motor Co. has cut short the return flight of most of its signature cars -- the Thunderbird. The Los Angeles Times says the T-Bird was dumped in 1997 and brought back in 2002. The company says the 2005 model will be the last but insists it never intended to sell the Thunderbird indefinitely. The Thunderbird fell just 1,000 units short of its first-year goal of 25,000 units -- but the year was 18 months long, not 12. Advertisement The T-Bird was introduced in 1955 to compete with the Chevy Corvette but within three years Ford turned it into a sedan.
