Beimel’s not a cut above

I was amused reading Bill Plaschke’s column Wednesday regarding Joe Beimel. Who is this guy? Juan Marichal? Bob Gibson? Steve Carlton?

Does it really matter whether he pitched in a playoff series? The Dodgers very seldom get to a playoff game, and when they do, they don’t win, with or without Joe Beimel. This guy has been employed by four teams in the last five years. His career record is 12-20! For Plaschke to even suggest that Beimel’s presence would have made a difference in the Dodgers’ embarrassing performance is ludicrous.

Try to find another scapegoat for the Dodgers.

WILLIAM MICHAEL

Dana Point

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So Joe Beimel thinks a broken heart tattoo will remind him not to drink. A tattoo of the Alcoholics Anonymous phone number would be much better.

STUART WEISS

Los Angeles

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Ned Colletti gets it, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. He said at the end of the season that he recognizes that Dodgers fans “fall in love” with certain players. Thankfully this GM, unlike his post-O’Malley predecessors, is willing to provide the fans with someone that they want to see play. Fortunately, Nomar will not be added to the series of fan favorites (Piazza, Lo Duca and Green) cast off to play well for the fans of another team.

It’s almost ironic that Nomar (who really wants to be here) gets to stay due to the departure of a guy who really didn’t.

RICH SPERBER

Woodland Hills

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T.J. Simers struck out twice in his Sunday column.

* Simers failed to link agent Scott Boras with the J.D. Drew departure dynamic. Boras, more arrogant than Karl Rove, was peeved when the Dodgers didn’t pick up Eric Gagne’s $12-million option, so he paid them back by talking Drew into ditching the Dodgers.

* Great as he once was, terrific guy that he is, nobody knows if Gagne will ever pitch again. Why would any big league team pay a guy $12 million when his career is in doubt? So, Simers’ equating “I guess [the Dodgers] changed their mind” on Gagne with Drew changing his mind is like linking Asperger’s syndrome with snowfall in Alaska.

JOHN FITZRANDOLPH

Cambria