Letters to Sports: Rams, Dodgers and Lakers decisions up for debate

Let’s examine the choices of L.A. groups’ common managers.

Les Snead will get the Rams perennial professional bowler, nice chief and future Corridor of Famer Bobby Wagner for $10 million a yr. Some huge cash, certain, however nearly a lock to raise the protection and be a fan favourite for years. The Lakers GM, LeBron James, will get thin-skinned, underperforming Russell Westbrook for the cut price charge of $40 million a yr.

Possibly we let the entrance workplace do their job and ask gamers simply to play.

Jeff Heister
Chatsworth

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The Rams lengthen the contracts of Sean McVay and Les Snead. Hooray! Nice transfer. However it’s Aaron Donald who drives the Rams, the center and soul of the staff. In years previous, his phenomenal play set the instance. Von Miller taught him to be a vocal chief as effectively. Donald is clearly the Lawrence Taylor of this technology and ought to be the very best paid defensive participant within the league. If cash is tight, there’s a precedent. Give him 5% partial possession a la Magic Johnson and the Lakers. Donald deserves each penny the Rams can muster.

Cy Bolton
Rialto

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Dodgers may have signed Kenley Jansen for a similar cash they’ll pay Craig Kimbrel and wouldn’t have misplaced AJ Pollock.

Jack Wishard
Los Angeles

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Cody Bellinger says that his swing is in a great place proper now, however Dodgers followers will not be in a great place when he comes as much as bat. He’s coming off two unhealthy seasons and is hitting .148 whereas placing out 70% of the time in spring coaching. We’re pulling for you Cody, however we’re out of persistence.

Mike Gamboa
Buena Park

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It was actually nice to see the Dodgers renew Andrew Toles’ contract for the 2022 season. I stand a greater probability of truly taking part in for the Dodgers this season than does Toles. His $700,000 wage is a “rounding error” to the staff, however together with it comes a healthcare plan second to none, which is able to permit Toles to proceed getting the first-class medical assist he wants for his psychological well being points. Kudos to possession for a transfer that’s meaningless on the sector however a livesaving one off of it.

Erik Schuman
Fountain Valley

Lowdown on NBA

The Lakers have formally turn out to be the NBA’s model of the Washington Generals. Possibly LeBron can bounce ship, once more, to the Globetrotters. Transfer over Meadowlark, there’s a brand new Barney Fife on the town.

Brent Montgomery
Lengthy Seashore

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Within the early Nineteen Seventies, Washington soccer coach George Allen led the “Over the Hill Gang” to the NFL playoffs. Now, if Lakers coach Frank Vogel may simply channel his inside George Allen, the Lakers would possibly make the playoffs as effectively.

Chris Sorce
Fountain Valley

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The issue with the L.A. Lakers is that this: They aren’t Lakers! They’re gypsies and weapons for rent. These present Lakers have made no significant connections to the town or to the purple and gold — they only put on the uniform and accumulate monies for providers rendered. The final of the homegrown Lakers — Alex Caruso and Kyle Kuzma — are actually taking part in elsewhere, making LeBron — at present in his third season with the membership — the longest serving Laker. The place we as soon as had a younger, royal guard on the brink of tackle enemies in our home. We are actually left with mercenaries who care nothing for the model that we followers are loyal to.

Stephen Scheff
Woodland Hills

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So Clippers coach Tyronn Lue is upset that 76ers GM Daryl Morey had the audacity to criticize Communist China, a rustic concerned in genocide and slave labor, as a result of his feedback “price the NBA a billion {dollars}.” Let’s not let justified ethical outrage get in the way in which of additional cash.

Bert Bergen
La Cañada

What the Halo!

The Angels are in regards to the begin the 2022 Main League Baseball season. What are we going to see this season? Nothing we haven’t seen earlier than! Administration mainly tied their arms with the contracts of Albert Pujols and Mike Trout ($425 million?). They carry in just a few guys that supply nothing as a result of they haven’t any cash, Anthony Rendon is an entire bust; he’s batting .143 in spring coaching.

Then all of us get up one morning and a neighborhood boy from El Modena Excessive College, simply 5 minutes from Angel Stadium, Freddie Freeman, will get signed by the Dodgers. Man, any person inside the Angels group was asleep on the wheel on that one.

Steve DeMont
Orange

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I often flip to Sports activities to learn in regards to the Angels. These days I’ve been searching for updates within the Obituary part. Since day by day protection of the Angels this spring has been non-existent, clearly they’re lifeless to you.

Paul Haddad
Los Feliz

New guidelines

Because of the size of nine-inning video games, MLB ought to as an alternative exchange the additional innings final result with a coin flip.

David Marshall
Santa Monica

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So, the NFL additional time guidelines change to an clever, affordable, truthful system, however just for playoff video games.

Then the one affordable, clever response and truthful query is: Why just for the playoffs? Common-season video games have affect on who makes the playoffs.

Arthur A. Fleisher II
Northridge

March Insanity

Letters to The Occasions sports activities part the final two weeks have claimed that Mick Cronin didn’t know tips on how to coach offense or protection. How did the Bruins win 27 video games with all of their accidents, sicknesses and tough schedule to make the Candy 16 with a coach who couldn’t coach?

Sol Bialeck
Van Nuys

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Aside from slight curiosity in Johnny Juzang, no different UCLA participant is drawing consideration from the NBA. The Bruins haven’t any massive man who can dominate within the low publish. They don’t seem to be an important taking pictures staff. Regardless of this they’ve achieved success in Cronin’s tenure as coach. He’s the explanation. Critics of his offense ignore that UCLA is likely one of the leaders within the nation in fewest turnovers. Most significantly, not like the earlier coach, Cronin’s groups play laborious.

Jim Woodard
Woodland Hills

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As a Bruin alumnus and longtime ticket holder, I, as many others, blame Cronin for the loss to North Carolina after the late meltdown. My thought was that possibly the Bruins and Lakers may commerce coaches. Then, after the Lakers’ loss to Philadelphia after holding a 20-point lead at halftime, I noticed that “if it’s broke, you may’t repair it.”

Michael Gesas
Beverly Hills

World Sequence guarantee

I really feel an entire lot higher now that Dave Roberts assured a World Sequence championship and NOT Invoice Plaschke!

Wayne Kamiya
El Segundo

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