It May Be a Longshot, but We’ll Think About It

They have been racing at Santa Anita for more than two months and The Times’ ace handicapper, Curtis Crayon, is in a horrendous slump. Here’s my plan: Why don’t you pick the horses for a week and let Crayon (who has to be the T.J. Simers of the handicapping world) write the Page 2 column for a like period.

As they say in baseball, it’s a trade that can help both teams.

DOUG HAYS

Glendale

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Remember when some of Bill Clinton’s White House staff took the W key off the keyboards of computers just before George W. Bush took office?

Well, here’s a trick to try at The Times: Take the I key off T.J. Simers’ keyboard and see if he’ll be able to write his column.

MER VALDEZ

Long Beach