LETTERS
With Bonds stuck on 745, readers stuck with chart
To the sports editor:
I heard you are keeping the "Chasing Hank Aaron" chart of Barry Bonds atop the front page of the daily sports section in spite of growing criticism.
It's disgusting to have to see Bonds' face the first thing when you open to the sports pages each morning.
A suggestion: If you are going to keep the graphic, then put it on the back page. Then, if someone wants to see it, they can find it there without having to see Bonds' face first thing every morning.
Mark Garrett
To the sports editor:
I thought maybe it was a coincidence when that letter writer last week pointed out that Bonds had not homered since your sports section chart featuring his chase of Aaron first appeared. But another week has gone by with no Bonds homers.
Maybe, single-handedly, you guys can keep Bonds from breaking the record. That would make you the best sports section ever!
Earl Dailey
To the sports editor:
What's all the fuss over this chart about "Chasing Hank Aaron?" If you don't like to see it, then don't look at it.
In one word, "Duh!"
Terry R. Wallace
Oh, another thing: Bonds still trails Negro Leaguer
To the sports editor:
In response to letter writer Randy Minagil's claim last week that Japan's Sadaharu Oh is baseball's all-time home run king with 868:
Josh Gibson, who played for the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords of the old Negro League, actually has the record with 962.
JAMES EPPERSON
Bonds-steroids issue too close to home for Miller
To the sports editor:
I enjoy reading Bill Taaffe's weekly "Remote Control" column. But last week, he failed to mention one thing that might have helped clarify why ESPN announcer Jon Miller remained mum on the Barry Bonds-steroids issue when brought up with regard to the New York Yankees' Jason Giambi during a recent Sunday night game.
Miller's full-time gig is that of play-by-play voice of Bonds' San Francisco Giants.
JEFF GILLESPIE
Yankees-Red Sox receive too much front-page play
To the sports editor:
Would someone please tell the sports editor that there are more than two teams in Major League Baseball? All we get (on the sports section cover) is Yankees-Red Sox, Yankees-Red Sox, Yankees-Red Sox.
Not only are there more teams than the Yankees and Red Sox, but they actually play each other!
Kyle Otto
51s don't need new park if it means higher prices
To the sports editor:
Don Logan, general manager of the 51s, has been campaigning for more than two years to get a new ballpark for his team, but why?
There's a big misconception that people go to the ballpark to see the ballpark. No, fans go to see the game.
How can you get any better seats than what's available at Cashman Field? Will the team play better at a new stadium? Will you be able to see better?
All a new ballpark will do is raise prices for concessions and parking, and I can barely afford a beer and a hot dog now at Cashman.
KIPP ALTEMARA
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