The L.A. sports scene won't be the same after Thursday, when concessionaire and kibitzer extraordinaire Richard ("Nuts!") Aller hawks his last bag of peanuts at Dodger Stadium and retires after 49 seasons on the job. Aller, a former Compton High social studies teacher who wades through the crowd while maintaining a dialogue that touches on everything from politics to horse racing to the splendor that was watching Sandy Koufax in his prime, started working for the Dodgers when he was 15 years old.
-- LA Times
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