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Dodgers fans again singing blues after more pitching woes and managerial moves

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) is removed by manager Dave Roberts during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St.  Louis Cardinals Sunday, May 21, 2023, in St.  Louis.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Dodgers fans continue to express concerns over the decisions of manager Dave Roberts and the injury problems of pitchers like Clayton Kershaw. (Jeff Roberson/Associated Press)

The Times maintains Clayton Kershaw is kind of a “bulldog,” slogging through injuries and exhaustion to make his next start. Sorry, but with yet another visit to the injury list due to a nagging injury, he’s certainly not Orel Hershiser dominant anymore. Still a good one but even seven innings an outing is a long shot.

Allan Kandel

Los Angeles

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It seems like the past few years we hold our collective breath waiting for Kershaw to go on the IL. This letter isn’t to bash Kershaw, but more to point out to him and Dodgers president Andrew Friedman that Kershaw has given a lot to the Dodgers and his body is beat up. They should work out a plan that allows him to retire. But his $20 million a year needs to be freed up to allow the Dodgers to sign a younger, more durable pitcher next year. It has been great, but it’s time.

Russell Morgan

Carson

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It might be time to question the Dodgers’ conditioning program for their pitchers, since the entire staff either is or has been on the IL.

Eddie Barron

Los Angeles

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Thank goodness the Dodgers finally acquired a new pitcher, but why do they only use his initials, TBD?

Elliot Powers

San Diego

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If Dave Roberts has his way, the only way a Dodger pitcher will ever pitch a complete game will be a rain-shortened game after five innings.

Jeff Hershaw

Woodland Hills

Read more: Dodgers place Clayton Kershaw on injured list with shoulder soreness

Leaning in

Dave Roberts leans against the Dodger dugout fence. I lean against my recliner. Give me Roberts’ salary for doing the same thing.

Tom Neldner

Redondo Beach

Making it happen

The Kansas City Royals are not a good team but it sure was refreshing to watch a team putting on plays, stealing bases, sacrificing, doing what they can to manufacture runs. Much better than sitting in the dugout, spitting out sunflower seeds and waiting for one of your players to hit a home run.

RD McCall

Fallbrook

Listen to this

Great article, “From star turn to new Dodgers intern,” on Mo’ne Davis by Jack Harris. Mo’ne said, “Since eighth grade, I wanted to go into broadcasting.” Maybe the two Davises, Joe and Mo’ne, will be calling a game together soon!

Vaughn Hardenberg

Westwood

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If we fans are being consulted, add my name to the list in favor of electronic determination of balls and strikes. The umpiring mistakes are giving me a headache.

Anne Singer

North Hills

Read more: Mo’ne Davis is not just your average summer intern for the Dodgers

Parking issue

I am a disabled person with a severe breathing problem. I went to the Dodgers game on the Fourth of July. The Dodgers let handicapped people park close to the stadium with a general parking ticket. On the other hand, I have Rams season seats and have to park at the casino. The Rams know of my breathing problem, but I still have to walk the whole parking lot and stadium to enter at Gate 2. On a hot day, I need my inhaler and water to get there. The Rams have no class, but they are my team, until my last breath.

Ed Villanueva

Chino Hills

Angelic problems

Of late, the Angels have suffered from being inept and unfortunate. Now Mike Trout is out after hamate surgery and Shohei Ohtani has a blistered finger that will keep him from pitching in the All-Star Game. It seems that this once-promising team has been dealt bad “hands” by fate, and it’s highly doubtful yet again that they’ll make it to postseason play.

Tom Stapleton

Glendale

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The Angels have two problems, owner Arte Moreno and general manager Perry Minasian. Moreno tried to take pressure off of himself by announcing that he was going to sell the team only to not pursue any serious attempt to do so. Minasian has not delivered on the real need of the Angels, which is pitching, mostly a proven closer. The one positive thing Moreno could do would be to change the name of the team back to the Anaheim Angels.

Edward A. Sussman

Fountain Valley

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Arte Moreno has made some drastic mistakes over the years, but he should not believe Ohtani will re-sign with the Angels. Make the smart decision and get some first-rate pitching as well as a strong group of future stars from another team’s minor league system. If he does not do this Ohtani will certainly be leaving to a large-market team and the Angels will get nothing in return.

Bruce Olson

Upland

Read more: Angels try to stay positive after Mike Trout goes to IL and Shohei Ohtani is hurt

Suggestion for USC

In regard to replacing Mike Bohn, USC should again look within the Trojan family by hiring a former athlete as athletic director thereby saving search time and money.

David Marshall

Santa Monica

Not so fast

Bill Plaschke’s irrational exuberance over the Lakers’ free-agent signings is hilarious. Adding the immortal Gabe Vincent to a team swept in the Western Conference finals is hardly the missing link to a title. Beating a Memphis team devoid of its injured big men and Golden State, whose tallest starter is 6-8, was fool’s gold. This Lakers team, as currently constituted, will likely be fighting to reach the play-in tournament, not the Finals.

Mark S. Roth

Los Angeles

Read more: Plaschke: Rob Pelinka and the Lakers win free agency and the summer

Seeking humane treatment

Those in the now-lethal gambling business of racing horses for profit are well aware of the measures that could be taken if they wish to continue without the constant death count of the exploited equine athletes. But as deaths still mount, it appears that those measures have little interest for them. Profit trumps ethics. To have this intolerable record would be totally unacceptable in any other sport and I am joined by thousands of members of the public who say, “Enough, end it.”

Elaine Livesey-Fassel

Los Angeles

Going international

Why doesn’t The Times cover international sports? For example, Formula 1 has become extremely popular in the United States. It now has three races in this country: Miami, Austin and Las Vegas. I understand that this is a local paper, but it would be nice to have broader sports content.

Joe Chale

Los Angeles

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