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The path Injuries have been increasing For the tissue paper Dodgers this season, maybe they should refrain from the silly waggle dances when they get their big hits, so no one gets hurt!
Roberto Torres
Redondo Beach
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I’ve lost count of how many Dodgers runners have beaten a throw to the base but ended up out because they had their foot in the air during the bunt. Earlier this week it was Mookie Betts at home.
Doesn’t anyone teach the hook slide anymore? If you slide to the right side and reach for the bag (or plate) with your left foot, you can keep your foot on the ground since your right leg is not under your left.
It’s cost them a couple of games at least this year. Hopefully they’ll learn how to do it right before it costs them a critical loss in the postseason.
Roger Zuch
Tujunga
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The thought of Miguel Rojas as reported by Mike DiGiovanna (“A stress test out West might be for the best”) makes sense and could find the battle-tested Dodgers as a champion to overcome recent postseason failures against the Padres and Diamondbacks.
Sherwin brand
Los Angeles
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Did the Dodgers remove clubhouse leader Jason Heyward, who has some power and performs well in the field, to bring up slugger Chris Taylor (hitting .167)? Wow. Not a smart move, Dodgers.
David Baker
Santa Clarita
Like music to the ears
Our ears were comforted when Rick Monday was called into the television booth recently. It was very refreshing to hear a voice that knew how to keep us company in the booth. All the chit-chat and minutiae that was being presented was gone, and only the important information was relayed to the fan. My only wish is that Rick be placed in the booth as a color television analyst and that Orel Hershiser be returned to his rightful place in radio.
Marty Olinick
Western Hills
MLB or ILB?
Baseball’s headlines read like a medical chart. Tyler Glasnow is the latest Dodger to get hurt. Jazz Chisholm just signed with the Yankees and is on the disabled list.
Braves superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season, as is the Brewers’ Christian Yelich.
The Mets lost pitcher Edwin Diaz to injury in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
And people also wonder why MLB has banned players on active rosters from competing in the Olympics.
Adam Silbert
New York City
Bronze or bust
I agree with Bill Plaschke that it snows about as often as it snows here this time of year, but he is right. With his advice to Jordan Chiles and the International Olympic Committee. She needs to tell one of the most corrupt organizations the same thing Reggie Bush should have told the equally corrupt NCAA when he wanted his Heisman: Do something that is physically impossible to do. If the IOC insists on giving it back, Chiles should repeat what Max Muncy told Madison Bumgarner, after Bumgarner gave up a tape-measure shot to the Dodgers player who stood there and admired it: “Go get it out of the ocean!”
Erik Schuman
Valley of the Fountain
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As amazing and spectacular as the Paris 2024 Olympics were, they were not without their share of errors and miscalculations by IOC officials. How embarrassing to hear and see the reactions around the world when Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal. Ultimately, Chiles’ score was corrected and that’s what counts. Plaschke is right: enough with the bullying and racist insults, keep the medal, Jordan, you’ve earned it.
We can do better for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Joan Fingon
Fortune
Enemy territory
A statue of Archie Griffin at the Rose BowlThe next event should be to honor Anthony Davis at Notre Dame Stadium.
David Marshall
Santa Monica
Isn’t it ironic?
Well, that’s funny. A reader writes to thank you for the “fantastic daily email newsletter during the Paris Olympics” and suggests that more of this “glowing reporting” might mean that “big city newspapers won’t be going away after all.” Clearly, irony is dead.
Gene Axelrod
Huntington Beach
Back to school
Former head coach Pete Carroll is returning to USC and has been confirmed to teach. Just one question, will Lincoln Riley be enrolled in your class?
Wayne Muramatsu
Little hills
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