Go for Dunce Caps, Forget Salary Cap

The resignation of baseball’s chief negotiator, Richard Ravitch, marks the situation’s only progress in months. What the system now needs is to get rid of player representative Donald Fehr.

STAN KAPLAN, Garden Grove

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The problem with baseball is there are not enough general managers who know the sport. Day in and day out you hear about some club offering a washed-up or overrated player a sizable contract on a chance.

I’m not talking about Darryl Strawberry; I’m talking about Mitch Williams. What were the Astros thinking when they traded him for Doug Jones? Now he’s with the Angels.

Owners don’t need to implement a salary cap. They need to start using their money wisely.

DON E. EAZELL, Corona