Letters to sports: Enough about Trevor Bauer, even before his case is resolved

As a lifelong Dodger fan, I used to be not considering of Trevor Bauer throughout Clayton Kershaw’s sensible outing nor on Jackie Robinson’s day. I used to be having fun with the video games, interval. To state in any other case is simply plain incorrect. If Bauer wears the “blue” once more, I for one will welcome him. I’m not so self righteous that I’ll reject the presence of a person who has not been convicted, a lot much less charged of any crime. Let him play. He’s a professional ballplayer, not a kindergarten instructor.

Rod Lawrence
Los Angeles

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The “Dodgers drawback” is one in every of their very own making. They knew what they have been taking up, or of their pleasure to steal him from signing with the Mets selected to disregard it. Now they’re taking part in “run out the clock” with their checkbook hoping sooner or later he will get a big sufficient suspension in order that they will reduce their losses.

Robert Goldstone
Corona del Mar

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Dylan Hernández says Trevor Bauer overshadowed the Dodgers win Sunday and continues to tarnish the staff’s repute. Let’s face it, any subject would have overshadowed the 9-1 win over the Reds. So far as tarnishing, except for “calling-up” Jackie Robinson 75 years in the past, how did this group, greater than others, earn the repute as champion “for constructive social change” that’s beneath assault?

Mario Valvo
Ventura

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So the Dodgers plan to promote stadium naming rights, and little billboards sewn onto the sacred Dodgers jersey?

I suppose that in terms of MLB and cash, an excessive amount of is rarely sufficient. However the one approach I’ll be OK with the Dodgers‘ newest cash seize is that if it affords them precisely sufficient money to eat the rest of Trevor Bauer’s contract.

Johnny C. Thompson
San Diego

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The one cause Bauer is on anybody’s thoughts is as a result of writers like Hernández can’t discover something significant to put in writing about.

Why did we’d like one other reminder about Bauer and his degenerative conduct? Invoice Shaikin gave us the total story once more advert nauseam a day earlier than.

Clearly the ball membership isn’t being affected. Bauer isn’t the gorilla within the room besides when writers carry it up. The difficulty belongs to MLB and Dodgers administration.

Jay Slater
Los Angeles

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Hey, might you guys do just a few extra Trevor Bauer tales? Individuals simply love studying about has-beens.

Greg Meyer
Los Angeles

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I as a longtime Angel fan was dismayed to see your measly protection of Sunday’s Angels-Rangers sport. A variety of motion within the Angels’ come from behind win. We’re bored with extreme Bauer protection and solely need extra inclusive Angel experiences. We’re a part of Southern California and deserve higher.

Ann Cressman
Laguna Niguel

A thankless job for a clueless franchise

“The Lakers franchise is without doubt one of the most revered in all of sports activities and throughout the globe.” Actually, are you severe? After I learn that the road from “The Godfather 2″ got here to thoughts when the outdated capo Frank 5 Angels says to Tom Hagen, “The Corleone household was just like the Roman Empire.” And Hagen replies, “It was, as soon as.” Sure the Lakers have been nice as soon as however proper now they not solely are dangerous on the courtroom however even worse off the courtroom. Who of their proper thoughts would ever need this thankless job and all of the entrance workplace baggage that comes with it? Nobody with half a mind.

Invoice Consolo
Del Aire

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Rumor has it that the Lakers’ entrance workplace has already rejected the next head teaching potentialities, causes as indicated: Coach Okay, too sensible; Gregg Popovich, approach too sensible; Jay Wright, too good-looking; Mick Cronin, too quick; Juwan Howard, too tall; Pat Riley, too outdated; Ryan Saunders, too younger; Monty Williams, too discerning; Doc Rivers, approach too discerning. A problem, certainly. Answer: Identify LeBron James as player-coach. He has all the time admired Invoice Russell, plus what nice theater when a participant ignores him within the huddle. Frank Vogel and David Platt would pay to sit down behind the bench.

Dave Sanderson
La Cañada

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Regardless of the Lakers being out of the playoffs, there isn’t a cause for followers to observe HBO’s “Profitable Time” sequence. The way in which it negatively portrays the gamers (particularly Jerry, Magic and Kareem) completely charges as an enormous fats “inexperienced rotten tomato.” These superstars deserved to be positioned in a extra constructive gentle and never the best way the producers depicted them. No, they weren’t good, however with out them, the place would professional basketball be right now? I’ve heard of “B Films,” however this sequence drops to an “F” with out batting a watch.

Richard Whorton
Studio Metropolis

No sum of money can keep at bay COVID

There’s an 800-pound gorilla that’s going unacknowledged right here. How is it that Paul George, who was paid $34 million to play basketball for the Clippers this 12 months, missed 50 video games as a result of harm (sure, that’s proper, he made about $1 million for every sport he performed), then couldn’t hold himself COVID-free for crucial sport of the 12 months. I suppose that simply wasn’t essential sufficient for him. Dangerous search for Paul. Dangerous search for Clippers. Dangerous search for the NBA.

Jim Abrahams
Santa Monica

Naming rights for Dodger Stadium ought to be icons

Any naming rights including to Dodger Stadium could be blasphemy. If the Dodgers and/or MLB add a printed title to the sphere, any title that doesn’t learn Vin Scully Area (or Diamond), or not less than, O’Malley Alley, would likewise be a sacrilege.

J. Rickley Dumm
Woodland Hills

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