Dodgers May Be Able to Pull Off Another Stunt

If the Dodgers are lucky, they’ll finish the regular season with their top offensive player hitting 25 home runs and collecting about 89 runs batted in. They’ll rely on scrappy hitting, the starts of a couple of experienced veterans, a revamped bullpen and the unexpected contributions of some rookies. Throw into the mix several off-season and midseason acquisitions by first-year General Manager Ned Colletti and where does that leave this team? The possibility of playing a heavily favored New York Mets team in the playoffs and a seemingly unbeatable American League champion.

Wait, haven’t we seen this before?

If memory serves me right, members of the 1988 Dodgers were fitted for rings at the end of the postseason.

LUIS BARRAZA

Whittier

The Dodgers’ amazing turnaround appears to have a strong element of addition-by-subtraction, because the truth is, the players they added just aren’t talented enough to ignite a winning streak like this.

So long, Odalis Perez, you’re the new Pedro Guerrero.

DAVID KENT

Irvine

Mark Hendrickson is a bane on the Dodgers’ pitching staff. This former NBA player throws strikes like Shaquille O’Neal makes free throws. Hey, Mark, just because you call yourself a pitcher doesn’t make you one. Why don’t you start calling yourself a quarterback and see if the Raiders will take you as their starter?

STACEY RHOTEN

Covina

I have three questions for Greg Maddux:

1. Are you adept at dribbling a basketball?

2. Do you have a decent jump shot?

3. Are you a Lakers fan?

MARK FEATHERSTONE

Windsor Hills