Blue scapegoat

Ross Newhan deserves his Cooperstown status, but his analysis of the worst Dodgers trades ever missed a couple of things. One is that the ridiculous trade of Paul Konerko for Jeff Shaw was the work not of Al Campanis, Fred Claire or the out-Foxed geniuses, but of Tommy Lasorda, who didn’t even know that Shaw’s contract included an “out” clause.

The other is that one of the reasons for the trades of John Wetteland and Pedro Martinez is that the manager at the time wasn’t using them wisely or well, and frankly didn’t seem to much like them.

Who was that manager? Tommy Lasorda.

Michael Green

Las Vegas