Dodgers Generally Managing Just Fine

Is it my imagination or did the Dodgers just go a whole week without an act of buffoonery?

JOHN R. GRUSH

Mission Viejo

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Top 10 reasons John Hart should not be the Dodger general manager:

10. Used to rejection after 20 years as an insurance salesman.

9. Fantasy team never finished above fourth-to-last.

8. Won’t pay $3 for valet parking, so never would pay $105 million for Kevin Brown.

7. Doesn’t give a hoot about college basketball.

6. Would require all players to write 162 poems a season.

5. Loves baseball.

4. Has confrontation resolution skills.

3. Never seen $1 million.

2. Three words: I love Piazza!

1. Too big to be called Dodger Boy.

STEVE FACTOR

Los Angeles

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I could not believe how viciously Times columnists attacked Kevin Malone, aided and abetted by the negative letters you printed almost every week.

This man has committed no crime, but one would think he had seriously endangered this country’s foreign policy. He was a general manager of a baseball team who obviously made some mistakes, but not of such a serious nature that he should be totally humiliated in the press.

KELLY HUNTER

West Hollywood

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Now that Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson and Kevin Malone are gone, I could be a Dodger fan again, if they could find a way to get rid of Gary Sheffield.

HAL PEABODY

El Segundo

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Managing tip for Jim Tracy: Learn how to call for a squeeze play.

Tip for Tom Goodwin: Bunt.

Maybe call Brett Butler into town for lessons.

RON DAVIS

Sun Valley

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I recently visited Dodger Stadium for the first time in four years. I remember coming to opening day at Dodger Stadium every year for almost 20 years. It always seemed brand new and polished like a gem. The disembodied voice of Vin Scully hanging in the air filled the place with wonder and respect. I was curious to see the recently “improved” stadium.

What a disappointment. My seat was broken and it was obvious that none of the seats had been painted or replaced in years. The landscaping was not what I remember and the clutter of advertising on every inch of the stadium was overwhelming. Walter O’Malley would have approved of only one thing: charging $4.50 for a bottle of water.

Thank God for Vinny. He is all that remains of those wonderful days.

JOE LANGLOIS

Oak Park