Rough diamond

The off-season is here and here’s what has happened.

1. Dodgers make a very weak offer to Manny Ramirez just to appease the fans.

2. A’s get Matt Holliday.

3. Looks like Jake Peavy is heading to the Cubs.

4. Dodgers make no offer to CC Sabathia.

Jerry Buss says he will do anything it takes, even pay the luxury tax, to keep a great team together. Maybe Mark Cuban can buy the Dodgers instead of the Cubs and have Frank be his parking lot attendant

Patrick Drohan

Monrovia

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With people literally starving to death in our own country, jerks like Scott Boras get to milk the cow for all its worth. Who loses? As usual, the poor fan who has to fork up all those bucks to pay for it. Well, this 60-year-old fan is not going to support such idiocy any longer.

Dennis Cuocco

Whittier

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OK, Bill Dwyre, put away the violin. I will not be shedding a tear for that poor little multimillionaire, Scott Boras.

Some of us negotiate in good faith to a “win/win” for all parties, while Boras and his ilk subscribe to the “my way or the highway” philosophy.

And, please stop with the lame “that’s his job” justification. In speaking with a criminal defense lawyer who vouches for the dregs of our society, I asked, “Are they guilty?” to which he replied, “Is the Pope Catholic?” “Then how, in good conscience, can you possibly defend them?” He replies with a shrug and a smirk, “Hey, it’s my job.”

Right.

Rick Solomon

Lake Balboa