The Yu Darvish Museum

Alternate post title: That's a Huge mYUseum

Apparently playing baseball and being good at it is so cool in Japan that one solid year in the big leagues get you a five story museum!  Last year Darvish made the All-Star team and went 16-9 with a 3.90 ERA - good but not great.  If you aren't an artist or Wilt Chamberlain, how could anyone have five stories worth of interesting stuff that people would want to look at?  The Japanese love them some tourism and documentation so I guess anything goes there.  Let's take a closer look at the details of this museum.

- The museum will be in Kobe, the fifth-largest city in Japan and capital of the Hyogo prefecture.
     I assume that is where the beef is from.  They should have a beef bar (no homo).

- Will be in Kobe because Darvish’s father, Farsa, has a strong connection with the community.
     Coolest Name Ever Award - Farsa Darvish?  Sounds like a foreign Looney Tunes character.

- The museum will be in a five-story building modeled after western-style buildings from the Meiji Period, which ran from 1868-1912 and was a time of unprecedented change in Japan.
     Were there five-story buildings in the 1800's?  I assume that the Western influence is because when he pitches he rotates so that he always faces.....nope no connection, just weird.

- The museum will be complete by August and probably will open on November 1 or November 11. The latter opening date would be in honor of Darvish’s uniform number.
     Bitter winters a month after the baseball season always bring out the fans.

- Trophies and various other memorabilia will be on display on the third floor. Darvish will approve all items on display.
     If they put everything he ever touched in a museum I bet it only takes up two floors.  If they are lucky.

- The top floor will be an events center, with a capacity of about 40.
     This will be tough because they will need space for the legions of people who want to have huge weddings at the Darvish museum.

- Admission will probably be free for children 12 or younger.
     Or for anyone after the first week.

- The other floors may be used as gallery spaces to introduce Persian culture. Darvish’s father grew up in Iran and is an arts dealer.
     So, he is so revered that in his museum people will be interested in what his father's interests are?

"Are we sure he isn't a surfer?"