Readers Decry Padres’ Reaction to Comments by Dodgers’ Lasorda

After reading some of the comments made by the Padres about the Dodgers (Sept. 25, 26), it is obvious to me why the Dodgers are a contending team and the Padres are not.

Any team who gets so vindictive because of a remark made by the Dodger manager to one reporter obviously is not mature enough to pursue a division title.

What hypocrisy! The Padres are a team that has bad-mouthed the Dodgers, and especially their manager, all season long. But when the tables are turned, they get incensed. They must belong to the “I-can-dish-it-out-but-can’t-take-it” school.

As for Tommy Lasorda criticizing the Padre coach for not sending the runner home in the ninth inning against Atlanta, he probably has a point. It didn’t mean much to the Padres as far as the division race is concerned, but it cost the Dodgers a game in the standings. If the position were reversed, do you think the Padres would have been silent? I don’t think so!

So grow up Padres! Just because you play a child’s game, don’t behave like babies!

SALLY HARTZLER, Ramona