LETTERS WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.What were Dodgers fans thinking on opening day? Cheering Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. ? What's wrong with this picture? Last week, all I read in this section was negativity toward Sheffield. Now I see fans cheering this bum 1. bum - To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity. "I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code." "I spent half the night bumming the interrupt code. . Dodger fans blew a chance to do what's right for all of baseball. Regardless of his performance on the field, this man should be booed out of town. He is a selfish, self-centered, egotistical, money-hungry jerk who couldn't care less about his teammates and his fans. By cheering him, fans basically are telling him that no matter how abhorrent ab·hor·rent adj. 1. Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent. 2. Feeling repugnance or loathing. 3. Archaic Being strongly opposed. his behavior, if he is successful on the field all will be forgiven. The public-relations stunt the Dodgers pulled on opening day, with players at the turnstiles, is also a joke. As a fan, I would be insulted they would think having players greet me means all is well. All is not well. At what point are us baseball fans going to stand up and do what is right? If we don't take a stand, this game is in serious trouble. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a baseball fans quit going to games and make a statement that we're not going to put up with this anymore. TONY MOSKAL Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. |
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