Blame Red Sox Manager? That’s a Riot

Bill Plaschke’s take on Sunday night’s Beantown Meltdown was so piteously one-sided, it had me throwing batteries at my newspaper. The Boston fans’ reaction to the umpires’ stunning ineptitude was ugly, inexcusable . . . and entirely understandable.

If the same game-altering baloney had occurred in New York against the Yankees, they would have been pelted with seats and chunks of concession stands.

And since when does a managerial tantrum in defense of his team become “classless” and “riot inciting” news? The only thing more myopic than Plaschke’s article was George Steinbrenner’s disgusting boo-hooing.

GARY DURRETT, Glendale

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Can you imagine the outrage and cries of self-justification that would have come from Richie Phillips and the big league umpires had one of the replacements been used in the postseason games and made the bad calls that affected at least two of the games?

JACK TRACY, Ventura

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No wonder the Yankees have the highest payroll in the major leagues. Umpires don’t come cheap nowadays.

PAUL ECKER, Diamond Bar