O's need more like BrownWhen I heard that Kevin Brown had...

O's need more like Brown

When I heard that Kevin Brown had been signed by the Orioles during the off-season, I was delighted. Despite his won-lost record this season, he has done nothing to dissuade my initial opinion.

On Aug. 6, my family and I saw Brown pitch at Camden Yards against the Brewers. The Orioles lost, 3-2, largely because of the lack of offensive support.

With so many players seemingly going through the motions, Brown's fierce competitive demeanor is refreshing. I wish the Orioles had eight more Kevin Browns on the field.

Lou Fritz

Linthicum

Red Sox cooked? Not quite

Ken Rosenthal, John Eisenberg and Buster Olney, I am writing to you en masse since you were all in agreement that the season was over for the Boston Red Sox after the big New York Yankees and Orioles trades at the end of July.

I am familiar with the demise of the Red Sox as I have been a fan since 1945, but I don't recall such universal agreement, even among the Boston writers.

Rosenthal: "They don't pitch and they don't catch. . . . Boston is cooked. . . . The Orioles still might not overcome the Yankees in the AL East, but the wild card should be a mortal lock. . . . Oh yes, Boston. Last won a World Series 77 years ago. Might not win another for another 77 years."

Eisenberg: "The Red Sox? Dead."

Olney: "As all these deals were being consummated, the Red Sox were reeling. . . . Funny. The race is on, and the first-place team is the only club that does not seem to be a part of it."

I do not count the Red Sox in until they clinch, but those predictions have to be way off base at this point in the pennant race. Maybe your expertise can be better used on predictions for the U.S. economy.

Fred Davis

Pasadena

Sun sports fan

The sports department of your newspaper deserves recognition. Columnists, stats and event coverage are superior compared with our neighbors in Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

Sports fans who subscribe to The Sun are getting their money's worth.

Bill Arwady

Towson

Support the Stallions

At a recent Baltimore Stallions game, I noticed that no one seemed upset that the NFL continues to snub this city and its people.

The NFL is a corporate conglomerate whose main purpose in life is to make money and to abuse its fan base of support. But the Stallions and the CFL still encompass hard work, gratitude and a sense of community belonging. These players are not spoiled millionaires, but individuals who, on the average, make less than our local GM workers.

What this city, state, business community and local media are doing to this team and league is reprehensible: We are treating them with the same arrogant disregard the NFL has shown toward us.

Come on, fans, media types and corporate Baltimore leaders. By supporting the Stallions, we finally have a chance to do something about our loss of the Colts for the first time in more than 11 years.

We can never replace the Colts or their many years of memories and traditions. But in time, with patience, corporate sponsorship, local media and fan support, we can create a viable league that has no intention of merging with the NFL, but every intention of competing with it.

Dale E. Smith

Bel Air

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