Readers have a field day with naming rights plan
So the Dodgers are soliciting sponsorships for the naming rights to the field at Dodger Stadium. If Spectrum puts in the winning bid, does that mean the fans attending the game won’t be able to see it? Paul Feinsinger
Agoura Hills
So the Dodgers announced they’re selling naming rights to their field on the same day the team was playing at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. I don’t see much poetry in our future. Bennett Tramer
Santa Monica ::
Wienerschnitzel Field? Imodium Field? Sani-Flush Field? Ty-D-Bol Field? Please, Dodgers. Don’t do it. Richard Sherman
Hollywood
Now that the Dodgers have finished their short series at Guaranteed Rate Field, soon they might be playing at Kentucky Fried Chicken Field or China Ocean Shipping Group Field or Elite Connections Field. This absurdity of modern commerce was recently announced as a possible way for the team to earn $12 million a year for the small, hardly noticeable price of its soul.
Here’s one fan who will never go to Kentucky Fried Chicken Field — anyone else? Bart Mills
Manhattan Beach ::
Let’s review: The Dodgers have a bazillion-dollar deal with a cable company and most people cannot see their games on TV. Now they want $12 million a year so some corporate marketing department can attach its name to Dodger Stadium. Well, I can’t do anything about the pathetic TV situation, but I can guarantee that I will never ever use the product or services of whoever pays to have their name grafted, Frankenstein-style, to Dodger Stadium, which has managed to retain a modicum of baseball dignity ... until now. Peter Bernstein
Woodland Hills ::
There is only one name that should be considered and that is Vin Scully Field. Mike Reuben
Anaheim Hills
What to do, Blue? I was at the Kirk Gibson game, and there has never been a moment like it, but you know what? Enough about that game already. It is time for the Dodgers’ front office to step up and show that they’re serious about making 1988 a distant memory; it is time to create new ones. Contenders are making moves to improve themselves for the playoffs, and it is time for Andrew Friedman and the rest to do the same to show us loyal Dodgers fans that they have a serious commitment to winning. Tom Krug
Playa del Rey ::
Surveying the National League, it appears the only thing standing between the Dodgers and the World Series is the Washington Nationals, led by Max Scherzer and Bryce Harper. Is there any chance Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi can get those guys at the trade deadline? Anthony J. Moretti
Lomita
At the other end
My doctor says I have a heart condition and need to avoid too much excitement. As a Dodgers fan, I watch all the games, which gets me too excited.
So I watched a few Angels games, and my doctor says my heart is looking better. Mark Berglas
Huntington Beach ::
While reading The Times sports pages last weekend I had to laugh at two articles. The one Saturday was talking about the Angels’ playoff chances to get in as a wild card.
In the immortal words of Jim Mora Sr.: “Playoffs? Playoffs?” On Sunday on Page C4 I laughed even harder with the blunt and to-the-point headline: “Angels lose again.” Lots of luck, guys!
Phillip Trujillo Ontario
Talking Lakers I’m afraid Lakers GM Rob Pelinka is suffering from heat stroke wandering in that desert he was talking about when comparing Detroit Pistons reject Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to manna from heaven as well as the new Magic and Kobe rolled into one. I assume he signed him for only one season because he’ll be busy walking on water by next year.
Allan Kandel Los Angeles
The trash talk on Lonzo Ball is getting very tiring. Post good letters about him once in a while. Who cares what shoes he wears? He’s 19 and putting up the numbers! Leave him alone!
Shannon James Fullerton
I am shocked, shocked that savvy NBA fans think that Lonzo Ball will not excel against NBA superstars that no other veteran players can guard. The Lakers didn’t pick Ball for his one-on-one defense. The comparison of a rookie football quarterback with a basketball player is asinine.
Ball should hit the weights only if he and the Lakers’ conditioning coach think it is necessary. His quickness and speed are more important.
Jess Laney Carson
The Blake show Blake Griffin called his re-signing with the sinking Clippers a “no-brainer.” I’m guessing he had 175 million reasons for that decision! Griffin’s biggest shot and signature NBA moment remains his infamous punch of a Clippers staff member.
Mark S. Roth Los Angeles
Pay per P.U. There must be a new generation of gullible boxing fans if the match between Mayweather and McGregor sets a gate record that would make even P.T. Barnum blush. I admit to paying to watch fights, beginning with Ali-Foreman. But my interest in paying to watch fights ended with Larry Holmes against Gerry Cooney, where the challenger was billed as the Great White Hope, a tactic that was as demeaning to both as it was stupid.
It is doubtful anyone watching this event will be reminded of the Marquess of Queens berry. Kevin Park
Mission Hills
Tennis, anyone? Sam Farmer’s recap of the women’s Wimbledon final mentions a “smiling and charismatic winner” in Garbine Muguruza. However, you’d never know that from the photos in the paper, as neither shows Muguruza’s face. Julie Bixby
Huntington Beach ::
Thanks to Roger Federer for the privilege of watching an artist at work.
Olga Houlgate Carlsbad
I thought Maria Sharapova paid her debt to sports society when she was suspended by the WTA for a dubious doping violation. But in reading Helene Elliott’s article on Monday, it seems she is now facing the cruelest of unusual punishments: Team Tennis.
Sharapova playing a pseudo-sport like Team Tennis is the equivalent of Meryl Streep acting in a high school production of “Grease.” Have mercy!
Gino Cirignano Playa del Rey
On the loose Thank you, Bill PlaSChke, for the single creepiest article I’ve ever read about O.J. Simpson … in the sports section. Go, Bruins.
Ron Reeve Glendora
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