Letters to Sports: How did Julio Urías not learn first lesson?

I guess that Julio Urías didn’t learn anything from the debacle that Trevor Bauer went through. When will these athletes figure out that you are not above the law? Another shameful act should be punished to the hilt and just maybe it won’t happen again.

Craig London
Woodland Hills

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Let me help some of you out there that don’t understand how companies work. If you work for a company, in this case MLB, they have rules and standards of behavior in place. It doesn’t matter if you are charged or convicted of the crime in question. No major league team wanted Trevor Bauer because he would have been a distraction. Now you have Urías. Stop with the stupid “we need him in October� comments. Cut ties with Julio Urías and move on.

Larry Estis
Oceanside

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Integrity trumps winning. Mr. Urías should be dropped by the Dodgers unless the reported information is false. Being a member of the Dodger organization should represent something beyond baseball ability and athleticism, even if dropping him results in losing early in the playoffs.

Jerry Frankel
Plano, Texas

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Once again, Bill Plaschke is leading the charge in chasing an athlete out of town. Don’t extend LeBron James. Let Anthony Davis leave. The Lakers blew it by giving Kobe Bryant his last contract. Goodbye Bauer. Now, Urías should never pitch for the Dodgers again. Sounds like if Bill owned a team, he would only employ angels from heaven who are willing to work for pennies.

Rod Lawrence
Los Angeles

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Bill Plaschke said it best: Julio Urías simply cannot be allowed to pitch again for the Dodgers. I realize he has not been convicted, but what message does this send to baseball, fans and L.A. if he goes unpunished? It is never OK to smack around your partner/spouse. He has become a disgrace to Dodger Blue.

Corina Rivas
Los Angeles

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Although I completely agree with Plaschke’s opinion on the the course of action the Dodgers should take with Julio Urías, he should be called out for stating Urías is “the Dodgers’ most popular player.�

Paul Burns
Granada Hills

Is it possible to put Angels GM Perry Minasian on waivers?

Al Korn
Huntington Beach

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If the Angels want to survive, owner Arte Moreno must sell the team and Perry Minasian has got to go.

Susan Stann
Temecula

Isn’t the primary job of the head coach to use training camp to evaluate his players and put his best starting 11 on the field, ready to perform at their highest level? If so, Chip Kelly failed miserably in the Bruins’ close win over Coastal Carolina. He obviously failed to fully evaluate his quarterbacks, alternating Ethan Garbers and Dante Moore in the game, typically a strategy that causes only confusion among the squad. Given his reputation and salary, UCLA fans deserve more leadership and decisiveness from Kelly.

Noel Johnson
Glendale

J. Brady McCollough’s column “Stanford, Cal on move because football is big game� aptly lambastes the “broken� structure of college athletics, but also reeks of L.A. hypocrisy. McCollough blasts Cal and Stanford for having the audacity to aspire to continue to compete at college athletics’ highest level, while offering not one word criticizing USC and UCLA for triggering the Pac-12’s implosion because greed led them to bolt their longtime conference home in order to boost their athletic budgets.

Stephen A. Silver
San Francisco

Regarding Bill Dwyre’s column on the NCAA: Yes, why does the NCAA still exist? Yet why do so-called institutions of higher learning choose to be triple-A feeders for the NFL? Why doesn’t the NFL pay for the whole thing?

Or walk away from it. The only reason Harvard and its $53 billion in endowments doesn’t win the NCAA football title every year is because they choose not to — and they’re doing just fine.

Seth Walworth
San Marino

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Trust the always dependable Bill Dwyre to provide the perfect commentary on the deplorable state of college athletics.

As for the NCAA and the ex-Pac-12 officials, shame on you for “taking the money� and running.

Brian Winn
Los Angeles

I was shocked and angry to see the sports page headline “The Man with the Golden Gun� on Sept. 6. Why would someone think that was appropriate, especially with so much gun violence happening in our country? Please use some thoughtful sense, some kindness and some carefulness when choosing your headlines.

Robin Walsh
Laguna Beach

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I sincerely hope that Justin Herbert never takes a gun, golden or otherwise, onto the football field. With all of the gun violence in today’s world maybe it is time to retire this type of comparison.

Gary Green
Pasadena

Coach Sean McVay’s success with the Rams is undeniable, but with a young and porous defense the Rams are going to need to score a lot of points to compete. This will be his toughest year and McVay needs to prove that he is still on par with offensive gurus like Andy Reid and Kyle Shanahan or find out if the rest of the league has caught up to the Boy Genius.

Mike Gamboa
Buena Park

Steve Henson’s excellent article about the career of Eddie Meador brought back great memories. I was a 12-year-old kid working as a “water boy� at Rams camp during the summer of ‘59 in Redlands. While being ignored by most of the veterans, one rookie was always cordial and went out of his way to make me feel like I was part of the team. It was Meador, who ended up being one of the greatest defensive backs in Rams history. He not only should be in the Hall of Fame, but if the Rams did the right thing they’d retire his No. 21!

Richard Whorton
Studio City

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