Battered Angels

Regarding the Angels’ pathetic lack of offense, Gary Matthews Jr. was quoted in Thursday’s Times saying, “There’s no secret ingredient. You can’t just go out and sacrifice a chicken, throw on some snake oil, and all of a sudden you’ll start piling up the runs. It doesn’t work like that.”

That might be true, Gary, but you can fire the turkey who gave your .232-hitting, fly ball-dropping act a five-year, $50-million contract while failing for the third straight off-season to secure the big bat that was promised to the fans by the owner.

Considering that Alex Rodriguez has hit more home runs than everyone on the Angels combined, I am guessing it might have been a good idea to give the Yankees whatever prospects they wanted.

STEVE KEEGAN

Oak Park

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Here’s a fun fact, unless you’re an Angels fan. The Angels have scored fewer runs in their last six games than the Ducks scored goals against the Wild. I wonder if Teemu Selanne can hit a curveball.

RON REEVE

Glendora