Dodger Strategy: They’re Not Buying It

I see letters in this column week after week criticizing the Dodgers, Paul DePodesta, Frank McCourt, and -- especially lately -- the ugly advertising at Dodger Stadium. Yet I just heard that the Dodgers have the highest attendance of any major league team.

If your local grocery store were selling sour milk and moldy bread, would you write a letter and then buy them anyway? For every fan like me, who’s mad as hell about our team and our stadium becoming the laughingstock of baseball, it’s time to send a message that will really be heard: Stop buying tickets to Dodger games!

AARON C. CHRISTENSEN

Long Beach

Boy, I’m sure glad the Dodgers didn’t trade any of their young prospects to improve the team and possibly win the division.

This division is up for grabs, but I’m glad they kept all of the youngsters so the payroll in the future will be low enough for the McCourts to make a profit. Let’s see, he promised a $100-million payroll (lie) and said he would improve the team for a pennant run (another lie).

He is not a fan, he is a cheap owner.

STEVE OWEN

Solana Beach

One can only laugh. Paul DePodesta’s claim of how hard “he tried” to make a deal is too funny for words.

Any deal would have increased payroll. If you can field a minor league team and draw upward of 45,000 a game, why spend money?

Frank McCourt is smarter than we give him credit for.

DOUG DUNLAP

Valencia