Check Baseball Players’ Ego Sizes at the Door

When the players arrived at the White House, President Clinton had to change the meeting location to the Oval Office--the only place in the White House where they could fit all their heads through the door.

PHIL PENCH

Simi Valley

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President Clinton and Sen. Dole should be cautioned to spend their time resolving problems such as unemployment, care for the sick and other far more important topics than whether a 25-year-old man with a six-figure salary will condescend to play 160 games during the 1995 season.

DAVID T. AUTEN

La Canada

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Allan Malamud says that Cal Ripken Jr.’s streak shouldn’t be considered stopped if replacement players are used. I don’t understand. The Orioles will be playing games that count in the major league standings and Cal is more than welcome to fulfill his million-dollar contract and play in the games.

BILL REMY

Walnut

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Since Petey O’Malley (his father earned the “Mr.”) is gracious enough to want to sell seats at 1958 prices to watch Little League quality games, I assume that the radio and television folks are doing the same in paying fees to Petey for broadcast rights and passing the savings on to their sponsors.

It is nice to see Petey play such a leadership role in this mess. He will long be remembered for what he did not contribute to correcting a terrible situation.

JAY S. LOWY

Tarzana