Dodgers Still Trying to Shake Things Up

In their explanation about discontinuing the earthquake retrofitting of Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers stated that there was no need. Obviously, the team is reticent about telling the public the real reason -- that the construction firm does not accept credit cards!

Jack Wolf

Westwood

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Easy to imagine the conversations in the owner’s suite these days:

McCourt: “How’re the renovations coming?”

Lackey: “Great, sir. We’re replacing $8 seats with $75 seats to increase revenue.”

McCourt: “Excellent! Who needs average fans? Let ‘em root for that other L.A. team.”

Lackey: “What about the other work, sir? The seismic refitting that’s halfway done?”

McCourt: “Seismic? Sounds expensive. How often do big quakes hit here?”

Lackey: “About as often as the Dodgers win a playoff game.”

McCourt: “Forget it, then.”

David Daniel

Woodland Hills

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Once again, we are the beneficiary of Frank McCourt’s wisdom regarding all things baseball and otherwise.

His abrupt interruption of the Dodger Stadium retrofit is nothing short of genius: During a temblor, the stadium will be miraculously stabilized by the legions of heavy bodies and heavy wallets anchoring the field level in their newly constructed “premium” seats, thereby saving all of the rest of us in the “cheap seats.”

Who needs steel beams and concrete? Thank you for sharing your East Coast seismic savvy with us, Mr. McCourt.

Michael I. Miyamoto

Mission Viejo