Who Knows if Big Dodger in Skybox Will Be a Big Hit?

As a 22-year Dodger season-ticket holder, and one who has wrestled as to whether to renew each of the last five or six years, I am truly appalled at the media’s attempt to get me to believe that the latest second coming is going to be any different.

I have heard nothing but good about Bob Daly, and hope that his expertise and enthusiasm will carry over to postseason success.

Unless he can bring it at 98 mph every four or five days, or bat .380 with 145 RBIs, we may be headed for another era of disappointment.

I haven’t seen his recent stats, but I don’t believe he fits into this category.

Let’s talk more next fall.

DON LIEBMAN

Westlake Village

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My mother urged me to write and express our pleasure at the recent appointment of Bob Daly as Dodger chairman. In 40 years of following the team, even this year with all the disasters and disappointments, it’s the first time she has ever made that request of me and I wholeheartedly agree.

Rarely has a baseball CEO these days articulated what we, true fans, want from our ballclub. And I would say it has less to do with winning at all costs than in fielding a team that we can cheer without reservation. A team worthy of dinner-table conversation and plans revolving around the next homestand. A team that plays with pride, hustle and grit. There have been unsuccessful seasons before in Chavez Ravine, but never a team so dispirited, so sour.

Throughout the main article and related commentary by Bill Plaschke, we found ourselves saying, “Yes.” Yes, we remember Mike Scioscia’s home run against the Mets. Yes, we remember the horror of Aug. 21, 1990. Yes, we watched every pitch of the final game this season, a worthy contest made poor without Kevin Brown and Gary Sheffield. We remember everything.

Oct. 29, 1999, and Bob Daly? Yes!

ARMANDO MENDEZ JR.

and LORETTA D. MENDEZ

Monterey Park

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So many people--including Times writer Steve Springer--bemoan the trade of Mike Piazza. How soon we forget Piazza’s whining to the press about his meager salary of $8 million. Piazza is the kind of self-absorbed, egocentric player that is ruining sports. The ones who should be whining are the poor fans who have to pony up for expensive tickets that support these players’ exorbitant salaries.

Who needs Piazza? I hope Daly starts fresh. It’s time for the players and owners to take a little less and make sporting events a little more accessible. Otherwise, when I want some entertainment, give me a movie, where the performers may make $20 million, but I still pay only $8 for a ticket.

WILLIAM CAREY

Sherman Oaks

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To Peter Chernin,

Thank you for clarifying that it was really Fred Claire’s idea to trade Mike Piazza, not our favorite Yankee fan, Chase Carey.

I was wondering if Mr. Claire was also the person who thought the wholesale price of 25 cents per Cool-A-Coo was too much to keep selling them for the modest markup to $2.50? Also, I’m assuming it must have been Claire who decided to add the tacky batting-practice jerseys and silver-billed caps for Think Blue Week to help sell some more merchandise?

Claire must have envisioned the new ballpark down by the Coliseum too? Oh, and he must have been the one who pushed to phase out Nancy Bea Hefley in place of rock music to reach the coveted 18-34 demographic. It must be nice to have Claire around to blame. Wait, you fired him too.

GREG DANIELS

Santa Monica

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Randy Harvey asks: What did Bob Daly know about movies before he went to Warner Bros.? Daly was head of CBS Entertainment and was responsible for their movies of the week and miniseries. He brought them to No. 1 among the networks. Before Daly, CBS languished as No. 3 in that category. So, movies he knew.

Second, a prediction. Kevin Malone will be gone and Tommy Lasorda will finally get the job he always wanted: general manager.

GENE COFSKY

Tarzana

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Carolyn Cole couldn’t have staged her front-page Oct. 29 picture to communicate half as much as it does as is. I see Brutus borrowing Caesar’s ear (remember, Bob, the knife will be in the left hand). Who is the other person mentioned in the caption? None other than Cassius, with his lean and hungry look. Beautiful! I suspect Shakespeare would have enjoyed writing about the Dodgers!

JOHN HANAUER

Riverside