Dodger Fans Do Some Hitless Wondering

Could someone please explain to Dan Evans the basics of general managing?

When you have great pitching and no hitting, you get a bat. It’s called a “trade.�

Michel Kassett

Los Angeles

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s anybody pitching against the Dodgers!

Derek W. Stark

Woodland Hills

Because Jack Clark is still recuperating from injuries I would like to offer my assistance to kick the rear ends of Dodger batters who keep swinging at first pitches.

Norm Pangracs

Agoura

I opened my Wednesday sports section to read about the Dodger win over the Royals and did a double take because of the picture of an Angel rounding third base with accompanying article of the Angel game. Scanning down, I discovered I could read about the Dodgers on page D4 in a “related story.�

To the powers that be: I, along with many of your other subscribers, receive The Times to read about the L.A. teams. One Angel World Series championship does not relegate the Dodgers to page 4 in a “related story,� regardless of the fact the Angels were playing in Puerto Rico.

It makes me shudder to think about the future of your King coverage if the Ducks should win the Stanley Cup.

I know this isn’t the first such letter you’ve received, but do us Los Angeles fans a favor and ensure it’s the last.

Stephen Baker

Torrance

In Tuesday’s interleague game between the Dodgers and the Kansas City Royals, Vin Scully got a chance to use one of his literary-musical puns that he has probably been dying to use for years.

It was the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, two out, Adrian Beltre at bat with a 2-2 count on him. The next pitch was Ball 3 and Scully calmly stated: “Everything’s up to date in Kansas City. They’ve gone about as far as they can go,� quoting the song from “Oklahoma.� That line was almost as good as the fourth ball dealt to Beltre moments later. Vinny never fails to amaze me.

Cary Ginell

Thousand Oaks