Stop the Sticks!

According to their own rules: “No air horns, bells or other noise-making devices are permitted in Dodger Stadium.” Then why would the powers that be see fit to hand out 54,000 sets of thunder sticks (that’s more than 100,000 wands of torture)?

The players don’t like them and neither do most fans. If you’re sitting behind someone who insists on banging them relentlessly, it’s like watching a game through windshield wipers. If you’re sitting in front of an offender, the noise is near deafening.

Here’s a thought on what the Dodgers and any other club issuing these things can do: Ship a crate of them down to Guantanamo. Lock all the prisoners in a room with two 12-year-old boys armed with nothing but these plastic nightmares. Trust me, they’ll talk.

Merle Lee Freeman

Marina del Rey