We All Have Georgia on Our Mind

I understand that The Times must cover the Super Bowl. However, out of respect to your betrayed readers, if they win, please run pictures of Dick Vermeil or Kurt Warner holding the Lombardi Trophy. We deserve better than to see Georgia Frontiere or John Shaw holding it.

ALLEN VAN CAMP

Anaheim

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T.J. Simers has gone too far in his character assassination of the owner of the St. Louis Rams [Jan. 25]. Many people do not know or need to know what the owner of the Rams did when she was 15 years old. Nor the fact that she has been married as often as was printed or that she had children out of wedlock. This is tabloid stuff and unworthy of a good newspaper.

I have a suggestion. Get rid of almost all of your sportswriters. Write no letters of recommendation for any of them. Let them get new jobs on their own collective past columns (laurels?). Bet they can’t. Most sports fans would like to read about sports.

FRANK LOPEZ

Lakewood

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I hope I am not alone on this, but I would rather see the return of Reaganomics than see Georgia Frontiere kiss the Lombardi Trophy. As a former lifelong fan and season-ticket holder, I consider the St. Louis Rams an old girlfriend who is seeing another city. You are always interested in seeing what they look like and what they are up to, but in the end you hope that they aren’t doing better than you.

I just wonder what will happen when Kurt Warner asks for Eric Dickerson-type money next year. Will John Shaw trade him to San Diego for Ryan Leaf? All of the so-called Ram fans who are donning caps now should be ashamed of themselves for supporting anything they do now. Go Tennessee!

BRYAN WIEDEMAN

Chino Hills

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After having spent 35 of my 41 years in Los Angeles, and waiting my entire life for a Ram championship, I really tried to root for them this time. But seeing Georgia mug for the cameras during the divisional game just about ruined it for me. Watching her waddle around the sidelines again Sunday, looking desperately for a quarterback to hug, sealed the deal. (She seemed to be searching for Bert Jones, didn’t she?)

HOWARD COLE

La Jolla

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As one of the five people who actually likes T.J. Simers’ comments--as well as being one of the small group of readers who appreciate Bill Plaschke’s columns--I feel uniquely qualified to assess their recent remarks about Georgia Frontiere.

I didn’t think there was a line that these two sports journalists hadn’t crossed in terms of poor taste and personal invective, which is to be expected since they perform as virtual shills in a business that is among the most corrupt and hypocritical extant. But to jump Georgia--figuratively speaking, of course--for being a phony and a person of low moral character is ludicrous. Except for her sex, she’s no different from other owners in terms of greed and personal ego. When it comes to being a phony, she is one of millions in sports.

If we are going to bring personal sexual morality into our evaluation of sports figures, let’s start with Magic Johnson or Scottie Pippen or one of countless other overpaid creeps that dominate the sports pages. But that would be too tough an act for the likes of Plaschke and Simers.

JIM EASTON

Fallbrook

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Bill Plaschke, T.J. Simers and the rest: To heck with you and your anti-Ram sentiment. I was born here in Los Angeles County, were you? I’ve been a Ram fan all my life and continue to be a Ram fan. There are more of us here in Southern California then your biased egos care to admit. The fans are here and they are extremely happy about the Rams having a great year. You guys need to get in touch with the fans instead of assuming that all die-hard Ram fans now hate the Rams.

JERRY REYNOLDS

Rancho Santa Margarita

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I was curious about the reaction in Los Angeles to the Rams’ win over Tampa Bay and decided to visit your paper’s Web site and found T.J. Simers’ article. Predictably, the principal subject was not the game but the tragedy visited upon your city by the Rams’ move to St. Louis and a general pox on any city that would lure a franchise away from another.

I suppose you also mean the Cleveland Rams and the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Could there be a decades-old trend here, where owners of sports franchises follow the dollar? Hmm. Your story suggests that either you lack any knowledge of your city’s sports history or are incapable of writing a balanced story. Of course, it’s always possible you reflect the lingering whine from your area on this issue. Get over it. Have a bean curd lunch and settle down.

ED JAMISON

Elsberry, Mo.