Steve Howe Has Had Too Many Chances

We are all too familiar with the following scenario: The irate parent is upset at the bratty little kid, all the time screaming, “If you don’t behave: I’m going to wring your neck! One, two . . . “ Of course we know that the irate parent never gets to three. And we also know that the kid continues to misbehave.

Applying the above scenario to baseball, the baseball gods would be screaming: “Steve Howe, if you don’t start behaving, we’re going to have to do something! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven . . “

What a horrible message to be sending to our younger players. I had the impression that messing around with drugs was an illegal activity, but I guess that as long as you have a good curveball, everything will be forgiven.

R.T. DURON, Redlands