What Three Losses to the Padres Will Do

I heard that the Dodgers are petitioning Major League Baseball for a realignment of the current division structure. The Dodgers want the Padres moved to the new National League South so they can cut their losses and stop the bleeding.

JONNY ENRIQUEZ

Buena Park

So, because Brad Penny seems to have a problem with controlling himself just as Milton Bradley had, will Penny be going to the same anger management classes Bradley was ordered to go to? Oh wait, I forgot.

When a white guy like Penny or Lou Piniella or Roger Clemens or Leo Durocher or Earl Weaver (or the entire NHL) flips out and has to be restrained, it is amusing and part of the sport’s charm. When a black guy does it, it is just plain wrong (and scary).

DENNIS FLATLEY

Santa Barbara

I enjoy collecting oxymora, like “honest politician,” “holy war” and “jumbo shrimp.”

My new favorite is “first-place Dodgers.”

RON CARPENTER

West Los Angeles