Morrison on the Dodgers and Baseball

Patt Morrison’s “Take Me Out of the Ballpark” (Sept. 26) was trite and useless. She speaks adroitly on city, county and state issues, yet cannot grasp the national pastime. Obviously, she spends too much time in millinery shops. A novice’s flippant remarks about something she dislikes are not fit for print.

Henry Kissinger observed that baseball is the most intellectual game of all, because all the action goes on inside your head. The undertaking borders on the metaphysical. The game’s dimensions are endless and precise, fixed and without boundaries, requiring teeming amounts of mission, stamina, performance and knowledge, governed by controlled intensity. The rules and its conduct are pure. Morrison carps about pockets and personalities. Baseball is the only game in which every event is recorded.

As for the Dodgers and their disappointing situation, I heard Vin Scully, a Hall of Fame broadcaster, say it best: “If the Dodgers had 10 players who played as hard and with as much heart as Raul Mondesi . . . well, you know the rest.”

DUFF OWENS WILMOTH

Bellflower

Morrison’s column brought back memories of a game my husband managed to acquire tickets for, right behind the catcher’s position.

Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game that time. By the time he adjusted his belt, scratched and kept looking at the catcher, I was off in the Land of Nod. Needless to say, my adorable husband was absolutely incredulous. How could anyone fall asleep at a game in which Koufax pitched?

I did. Move over, Patt.

ALMA LASHER

Beverly Hills

Morrison does a cutesy diss on baseball and Dodger catcher Mike Piazza, having seen (make that, been at) two games in her life. Fortunately she got home in time to resume her mind-boggling lifestyle in front of the boob tube viewing “Ellen.”

JIM GOETHEL

Glendale

After reading “Take Me Out of the Ballpark,” I must reluctantly assume that Morrison will not be augmenting her lavish collection of head wear with the ever-so-stylish baseball cap. What a sad day for fashion.

ARNO KEKS

El Monte