Dodgers: Lots of green, some blue

Re “A new brand of moneyball,” March 29

I keep wondering where all of these successful and savvy billionaires were eight years ago when they could have bought the Dodgers for $430 million in borrowed money rather than for the billions that they were willing to pay now.

Todd Piccus

Venice

Mitt Romney, your running mate has been found — Frank Mccourt must be the most successful “vulture capitalist” ever.

He and his ex-wife siphoned off millions of dollars, fired people left and right, ran the business into the ground and now look to cash out big time.

Romney couldn’t have done any better.

Bob Duncan

Diamond Bar

Let’s check the scoreboard:

We don’t have enough money to provide healthcare to sick kids, but we’ve got enough money to reward Frank Mccourt perhaps a billion dollars for bankrupting the Dodgers.

What inning are we in?

Eric Alter

Woodland Hills

It is beyond my comprehension that anyone who has followed the saga of Frank Mccourt and the Dodgers since he tossed them into bankruptcy after using them as his personal ATM would consider maintaining any kind of relationship with him.

What were Magic and his group thinking in aligning themselves with someone so despised in Southern California, and not demanding a complete separation?

I will never go back to Dodger Stadium as long as Mccourt profits in any way from my attending a game.

The idea that Mccourt walks away with so much money after the unconscionably arrogant way he treated the organization, the fans and the community is repugnant to me. Stop the celebrating and ask “why?”

Michael Monks

Van Nuys know the importance of this topic. The documentary should be seen by as many people as possible, of all ages.

Because “Bully” earned an R rating over the use of a certain expletive, repeated a few times, there is a simple solution: Bleep the word, block the mouth of the person(s) uttering it (so lip readers can’t see it), and voila — problem solved.

Robin Winston

Culver City

As most informed commentators attest, the film “Bully” is a learning experience and worthwhile for young people to view.

There are two ways those 17 and under can see the film:

Have your parents take you. If it’s truly the teaching tool everyone says it is, every parent should want their child to see it and to view it themselves to stimulate discussion back home.

Or, as so many kids already do, just buy a ticket for another movie that’s not rated R and then go to the theater showing “Bully.”

Ray Uhler

Rancho Santa Margarita

If “Bully’s” filmmakers and distributors are so concerned about the safety of young people, yet they want their film to receive the widest possible distribution, they should have considered how necessary the repeated profanities in their film are to its message, rather than bullying the MPAA to make an exception to its guidelines.

Sean Ziebarth

Fountain Valley

Most coverage of the Martin shooting has focused on the complex problems of racism and stereotyping.

Yet the tragedy also highlights a simple fact:

When people who lack professional training, discretion and accountability carry guns, we are all at the mercy of their prejudices and impulses.

Howard Padwa

Santa Monica

It really should not matter if Martin was white, black or any other color of the rainbow. A young man shot and killed by a selfappointed protector is more than a tragedy.

Trayvon was 17 years old. He had not yet begun to live his life, and we are poorer for his loss.

It is heartening to see that the Republican contenders for the White House agree that this case must be thoroughly investigated.

Huntington Beach

In all of the coverage, what I am not seeing mention of is the real reason for Martin’s death: the gun.

Guns continue to be a plague on our society. There is no place for handguns that are only used to kill other humans.

Without guns, maybe these young people would have had a fistfight. Nobody would be dead.

Los Osos