The Players Might Have Lost, but the Coach Is a Real Loser

The recent Little League World Series was exciting, emotional and a blatant example of an overly slanted media.

The players from Mission Viejo, a great bunch of kids, are a credit to their community, which happens to be conspicuously affluent. They benefited by playing on professionally manicured fields using the finest equipment--all of which their opponents lacked.

In an economically depressed city, they played on scraggly fields with hand-me-down equipment and uniforms.

Understandably, the United States’ media unleashed torrents of coverage on the Americans, giving little to the underdogs.

Torn between patriotism and emotion, my heart said to the victors, “Viva, Mexico!” To the nice-but-pampered kids and my depression-era psyche said, enviously, “Viva VISA, American Express and MasterCard!”

STAN KAPLAN

Garden Grove

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I would like to commend Jim Gattis on an outstanding job as manager with the Mission Viejo Little League team. He was very inspiring, motivational and knew when to jump on the players. He really had a “team” which was proven when Adam Sorgi said, “I don’t feel bad for me, but I let my teammates down.” Don’t forget, Sorgi made brilliant plays at shortstop to get them where they were. These kids were great and are truly winners.

KELLY RAMIREZ

Anaheim Hills