It’s quicker to say what Dodgers are doing right

So Clayton Kershaw’s arm injury is potential Armageddon. God bless baseball. Where else can the subject of a biceps, elbow or tendinitis be so seriously considered an occurrence of major significance? Konrad Moore San Diego ::

It is ironically appropriate that it took four Dodgers pitchers to no-hit the Padres, given that it took four entities (the Dodgers, Time Warner, Spectrum and MLB) to shut out nearly 70% of their fan base from seeing the game. Bill Waxman Simi Valley ::

I bet the Dodgers were the first team to get a combined-no hitter in alphabetical order:

Buehler, Cingrani, Garcia, Liberatore. Lolly Hellman Palms ::

In light of the Dodgers’ combined no-hitter, and all the surrounding excitement, I have to wonder why there is never any excitement after a combined cycle by batters. Andrew Weiss Playa del Rey ::

Perhaps the poor performance by the Dodgers this season is [because] the team still thinks they are at spring training. After all they haven’t left the West Coast since February. Teams from the East and Central have had to slug it out in icy weather, endured delays and rainouts while the L.A. boys of summer have stumbled their way to a sub-.500 record all in the Pacific time zone (not counting Mexico).

The good news is the way the Dodgers are playing they’ll avoid the cold weather in October as well. William Borland Torrance ::

I went to the Dodgers game Tuesday night. Dodger Stadium has become absolute bush league. Never mind the fact that the food is terrible and grossly overpriced (as well as the parking). It is not a baseball experience at all. The main scoreboard, which used to display the lineups, statistics and other information had nothing but ads until there were two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

There were at least two pitching changes that were not announced, nor was the attendance announced. Dodger Stadium used to show some highlights of other games, but not anymore. No mention that a no-hitter was pitched in another game that night.

I went to an Angels game last week (to see Albert Pujols get hit No. 2,999) and it is a far, far better baseball experience. Mike Lorraine Simi Valley

Down in Anaheim

Six weeks into the baseball season and Shohei Ohtani has more wins than Clayton Kershaw, more home runs than Cody Bellinger and a higher batting average than any Dodger. Amazing. Ron Tom Pasadena

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Is this fantasy baseball? We get to watch Babe Ruth (Ohtani), Mickey Mantle (Trout) and a 3,000-hit superstar (Pujols) all on the same team in the same season! This cannot last. Soon the Angels will sign a Dodgers TV deal, and 70% of us will fall from heaven. David Waldowski Laguna Woods

Hooping it up

Maybe the Lakers should forget about signing two All-Stars. Oklahoma City had three All-Stars and Utah had none (although Donovan Mitchell played like one) and which team won that series? Walter Harris Santa Clarita ::

Has Bill Plaschke not noticed in his long career the corrosive effect that nepotism can have on morale in any business, including professional sports?

Does he believe you can have a “players only” team meeting to clear the air while the coach’s son is in attendance?

Can the Clippers possibly

negotiate the best possible trade when Austin Rivers is nonnegotiable?

Does he believe players are not concerned about losing playing time to the boss’ son?

Mr. Ballmer, building morale and team spirit is the road to a championship. Trade Austin Rivers (a very good player) before you re-sign Doc. Harold Walter Northridge ::

Bill Plaschke praised the extension signing of Doc Rivers. This would end up as the second big mistake for Steve Ballmer (the first was the signing of Blake Griffin, per Plaschke).

This is an overrated coach who failed to lead the team out of the second round, despite having Paul, Griffin, Jordan, Redick and Crawford as the sixth man. I know there were some injuries during the playoffs, but the main problem with Rivers is that he promoted the “crybaby” mentality of the Clippers. Now he will get the new players to participate in his school of whining. Ron Wolotzky Los Angeles ::

So the Cavaliers and Celtics each lost Kyrie Irving and both advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. A curious key to success? Bennett Tramer Santa Monica (by way of Cleveland) ::

Was it LaVar Ball’s fabled homemade pancakes, fresh strawberries, and sausage breakfast that conned Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka into whiffing on the incredibly talented Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum, and wasting a No. 2 draft pick on the frequently injured Lonzo Ball? Tom Lallas Los Angeles

Good Knights

The reason for the success of the Vegas Golden Knights is not fate, an anomaly, or a miracle. It is a simple concept called the hard cap. No luxury tax, no penalties, you just have X amount of dollars to fill your

team.

If baseball, football and basketball wanted to make their product appeal to a larger fan base they would adopt this formula. Instead, in any given playoff in these sports, you know who are the top four contenders. This makes the rich get richer but it doesn’t serve the sport, leaves nothing to the imagination of the underdog and doesn’t allow small-market teams to stay competitive. George Sagadencky Tarzana

Big screens rule

Sorry, Randy Harvey, but when I want to watch any sporting event (I can’t count the Dodgers because I am a DirecTV subscriber) I turn on my television. Yes us old-timers have computers and iPads but we use that for messages, information and solitaire. I do not want to watch a sporting event on a nine-inch iPad when I have a 60-inch television.

Facebook is not my thing nor should it be baseball’s thing. If the internet is the sports media of the future I’m glad I won’t be around to see it. Bob Sands La Habra

No passing grades?

Prediction for our local quarterbacks:

Sam Darnold: Flashes of brilliance, too many turnovers, gone in five years.

Josh Rosen: Flashes of brilliance, too many injuries, gone in five years.

That being said, please note that I thought Ryan Leaf would be better than Peyton Manning. Steve Finch Redondo Beach ::

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