Letters to Sports: Folks are singing the Dodger

Lately, while watching the Dodgers play, shedding streak and all, I’m reminded of one thing the great Benoit Benjamin once mentioned: “Bad team, man. Bad [bleeping] team.”

Brian Lipson
Beverly Hills

The signing of nearer Tanner Scott will go down as the worst in Dodgers historical past. It’s even worse than the signing of outfielder Michael Conforto. Scott has already blown six saves, has two losses and has an ERA creeping up to 4.00. He is the third-highest paid reduction pitcher in historical past. What makes his signing far worse than Conforto’s is the truth the Dodgers are caught with him for 4 seasons.

Geno Apicella
Placentia

After beating up on cupcakes — Colorado, Kansas City, Chicago White Sox — in the earlier 9 video games, the Houston Astros got here to city and confirmed the Dodgers how a good staff performs. Even more disturbing was supervisor Dave Roberts’ continued mismanagement of his pitching employees. On high of his inept pitching choices, Roberts truly sought to have the weak-hitting Michael Conforto pinch-hit on Saturday.

Roberts is simply too susceptible to cede video games when his staff falls behind by permitting clearly ineffective pitchers to keep on the mound. Enough already. Replace Roberts with a supervisor who truly understands the nuances of the recreation. With their prodigious expertise, the Dodgers shouldn’t be swept in a collection. And they actually shouldn’t be outscored 29-6 over three video games.

Brian Gura
Redondo Beach

Ten runs in six video games! That should be a new low for the Dodgers. Although Shohei Ohtani is main the league in home runs, he’s not even in the high 10 in RBIs. This is what comes from having him hit leadoff. It makes no sense. Did any of the great home run hitters ever hit leadoff?

Mike Schaller
Temple City

Messed-up Mookie

Regarding “He’s (Ohtani) swinging to get his balance back.” What about Mookie Betts? His offensive manufacturing is means off since he switched to the more bodily demanding place of shortstop. Why not transfer Mookie back to proper discipline (where he gained a number of gold gloves) to get his offensive output back to his lofty requirements? Play Tommy Edmon at shortstop, Hyeseong Kim at second, with Miguel Rojas as backup. Now you may have three great arms in the outfield while bettering the infield protection. Just a thought.

Michael N. Antonoplis
Sherman Oaks

Mookie Betts’ bat has suffered since he has struggled to adapt to enjoying shortstop. It’s time to transfer him back to proper discipline, where he shall be more snug in the discipline and at the plate.

Harris J. Levey
Venice

One final pitch

Can you stand one more letter about the Sandy Koufax-Clayton Kershaw “greatest” controversy? Koufax pitched with an arthritic arm that he soaked in ice for hours after every recreation. He didn’t have twenty first century medical technology, which might have prolonged his profession.

Carolyn Rothberg
Tarzana

Ganging up on the Jameses

Are you laboring under a false impression that there’s a Bronny James fan membership on the market someplace?
You appear to work him into every story, whether or not he performs or not. In the story about the Lakers’ win over the Spurs on Tuesday, you rightly credited Darius Bazley with main the staff with 27 factors, with Dalton Knecht including 25.

Then you felt the need to add, “Bronny James, still working to ramp up his conditioning, played just over five minutes and scored two points.” Who cares? Other than his dad and mom, whom do you presume is clamoring for stats on a bench hotter?

Steve Rutledge
Beaumont

Per week after signing a $52-million option for next season, LeBron James still owns the acronym of GOAT, only the descriptor has modified barely: Greediest Of All Time.

Ron Ovadia
Irvin

Talking like a winner

I loved Broderick Turner’s article on Deandre Ayton coming to the Lakers. I favored Ayton a lot at the starting of his profession. I believed Ayton had a lot of potential. I hope that LeBron James and Luka Doncic, with their help expertise, can deliver that potential out of Ayton this season. I favored that during the course of Turner’s article, Ayton was quoted 15 occasions utilizing “win” as half of a phrase, like “wins,” “winning,” “winner,” and so forth. We can have to see if Ayton can convert his phrases to deeds and be a winner for the Lakers this season.

Vaughn Hardenberg
Westwood

Practice squaring up

Thank you for the article on the Angels interim supervisor Ron Montgomery. I’ve one bit of advice for him. Practice bunting. There are a bunch of video games the Angels have misplaced in further innings because they (along with most of the different main league groups) don’t bunt the participant on second base over to third with no outs. So a lot simpler to rating a run if the runner is at third base.

Steve Shaevel
Woodland Hills

Title says it all

USC eradicated the place of govt senior affiliate athletic director. The truth that a place with such a convoluted title even existed tells you all you need to know about administrative bloat in the Trojans’ athletic division.

Gerry Swider
Sherman Oaks

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