After two years, Dodgers still tangled up in cable
After yet another column about not being able to watch the Dodgers on television [“Not on His Watch,” April 1], I still must ask this question of Bill Plaschke: How can you justify forcing me to pay for something that you want?
There are plenty of us who do not watch the Dodgers and do not care to see our bills raised. So I have a deal to offer Plaschke. I want to have my bathroom refurbished. I will agree to a raise in my cable bill for the rest of my life so that you, Bill Plaschke, can watch the Dodgers if you, Bill Plaschke, will agree to pay to have my bathroom redone. Because they will most likely end up costing the same, I’ll expect to see that check in the mail soon.
Glenn M. Langdon Garden Grove
Bill Plaschke feels that the Dodgers could solve the TWC problem with one stroke of a pen, but that would require giving back some money and this new Dodgers ownership group doesn’t seem to be the sort that would give back money.
This season, the Dodgers are paying out $43 million to other teams employing former players in order to subsidize their huge salaries. If that’s not giving back money, I don’t know what is.
Jeff Hershow Woodland Hills
What’s this? Time Warner Cable is losing $100 million a year on the Dodgers’ cable deal? Ahhh! There is a silver lining!
Thursday night was the first time this year that both the Dodgers and the Kings were on TV. I had lost track of some of the Dodgers players but fondly remember Juan Ethier, Clayton Gonzales, Zack Kemp and others. But it’s only a game and, perhaps, my memories will fade. Go Kings! Thank you for being fan-friendly and for supporting the fans that support you.
Arthur Kraus
Venice
Northridge
For a franchise that hasn’t been to the World Series in 26 years you would think the Dodgers would have some humility and appreciation for the loyal fans who have stuck with them. Who said Frank McCourt left?
Paul Shubunka
Santa Clarita
It is hard to fathom that for those of us who are not Time Warner Cable subscribers, life as a Dodgers fan was actually better in the 1960s when we were assured of at least nine games being televised from San Francisco and Vin Scully on the radio for seven innings.
Bud Chapman
Northridge No support team
So Josh Hamilton gets off with nothing and the Angels are furious that he didn’t get suspended, saying, “It defies logic that his behavior is not a violation.” Now that’s sticking by your player!
Mike Popov San Clemente
If Josh Hamilton was performing like he did in 2010 and avoided a drug abuse suspension, the Angels would be setting off the Big A fireworks in center field right now.
Brian Greene
Monrovia It’s madness!
Kevon Looney, please read this letter before you sign with an agent and declare for the draft. You’re not ready. Watch the Final Four this weekend. You would hardly start on any of those teams. You are too small and light to be an NBA power forward. Your offense is hardly ready for the NBA.
You have too much potential to develop into a real player to throw it away now just to “skip a grade” for what your test scores don’t justify. Just because you might be a lottery pick doesn’t mean you do it. The NBA will eat you alive and push you to Europe. Please reconsider. I beg of you!
Jeff Black
Beverly Hills
“The Irish had come so close to the biggest win in the school’s history” [referring to Notre Dame’s 68-66 loss to Kentucky]. I can imagine Kentucky’s press office circulating this laughable sentence, but not in the Los Angeles Times.
Of course, the biggest win in Notre Dame’s history was the 1974 win over UCLA — ending the defending two-time national champions’ 88-game winning streak. Beating a nonchampion during its singleseason unbeaten streak doesn’t deserve to be in the same conversation, much less be characterized as Notre Dame’s (almost) greatest game.
Ray McKown
Los Angeles
Bo Ryan’s two trips to the Final Four with a squad featuring zero McDonald’s All-Americans do not equate to John Calipari’s and Mike Krzyzewski’s multiple trips to the Final Four with more McDonald’s AllAmericans than can be playing on the basketball court at the same time.
Sorry, Chris Dufresne, the glass slipper does fit a team this year . . . and I believe most NCAA hoops aficionados in America would agree.
David Rusch
Culver City
While watching the NCAA basketball tournament, I’m reminded how the last five minutes of the game is the best hour in sports.
Todd Wood
Seal Beach Haden’s stand
Like Pat Haden, I deeply love my four children and would do anything to support and protect them. But he is way out of line to use his leadership position at our fine university to politicize college sports (which by the way, got him to where he is today). Does he want to boycott the Olympics next, a la Jimmy Carter? If he believes this behavior is acceptable, then perhaps he should move on and return to his former career as a venture capitalist.
Dean McCormick
Balboa Island No pressure
I don’t believe UCLA fans have unduly high expectations for freshman quarterback Josh Rosen.
We merely expect him to go 48-0 during his four regular seasons in Westwood, four-zip in Pac-12 championship games, four-zip in postseason semifinal playoff games and then four-zip in the national championship game itself.
Oh, and of course, four Heisman Trophies too.
Right, Red, Tommy, Pepper, Terry and Jim?
Bill Bell
Mar Vista
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