Dodgers Fans Have Seen This Before

One of the many irritating things about Jim Tracy as manager of the Dodgers was his habit of resting his best hitter when he was hot. (I say hitter because they had only one last year, Jeff Kent). Tracy seems to have left that germ in the manager’s office, and now Grady Little has the bug.

Just when it looked as if J.D. Drew might surprise everyone and carry the team through September, Little rests him for two games in a row, both losses. Nomar Garciaparra breaks out of his funk with a six-RBI game, so naturally he needs to rest the next day. When he comes back the stroke is gone.

Come on, Grady, we’re in a pennant race. They can rest when they’re dead.

JOSH CLARK

South Pasadena

It is absolutely beyond belief the way that Grady “Gimme Me Justa” Little continues to torture even the most loyal of Dodger fans, by his incompetent and mind-boggling decision to endure this catastrophe that is Mark Hendrickson. The recurring nightmare unfolds on the mound every fifth game -- and in a tight pennant race, no less.

Grady, I know that you understand the severity of every game in September, right? The guy is a mess, and your laid-back, philosophical meanderings at the end of the year will not be worth a dime when we’re bounced from this race by a game or two. There is still time. Do the right thing!

TONY CORTES

Lake Forest