Damn dude, you are to baseball journalism what r. crumb is to underground comix...

Matt

In the otherwise nicely done article on O'Malley, I question the statement made late in the article that the renovation of Yankee Stadium nearly bankrupted the city. True, it ran well over estimates, but I am not aware of any studies that make its impact so significant to the city.

Stephen Milman

We decided to hand over this letter to Andy McCue, who made that statement in the article on O'Malley:

I guess I'd just say something like: I am trapped in my hyperbole. The aid to the Yankees was one factor in the many that caused the city's financial troubles, but it was one factor that could most easily have been sliced from the city's expenditures without affecting vital services.

Andy McCue

To the editor:

A propos of nothing: the word "cummerbund" is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning, appropriately enough, "waistband." It is not pronounced nor spelled "cumBERbund." Leave the extra "B" at home, eveningwear
people.

Signed,
Irritable Mark

We received a number of salvos regarding our spam. Our notice read:

Vote for Mudville and we promise: To restore the laundry room of the White House. A chicken or tofurkey in every pot. Draft beer for every veteran. A tacks decrease. And, most controversial, the elimination of the Designated Hitter. Let no one call us soft on the issues!

So why not visit the website that John Edwards never said was "Gosh, it's
just one of the many things that always makes me happy as a slice of peanut butter pie. And who doesn't want a big piece of peanut butter pie?"

What will the tacks cut do to my bulletin board project?

Janice

What's so controversial about eliminating the DH? That's a no-brainer. First thing I'll do when I'm named to replace Bud.Com. (The second thing is to institute a ban on playoff teams signing free agents for the next year.)

John Shiffert

I love the Designated Hitter......not so sure about a tacks decrease though, and as far as a laundry room at the White House, let's restore mine first.

Speaking of John Edwards, I suppose you're referring to the present occupant of that name and not the excruciating theologian from way back who I'm sure would have nothing at all to do with peanut butter.

Always read Mudville, Peter....it's one of the best around.

Herb Rogoff, creator of One More Inning

Excuse me, but I believe John Edwards said, "I believe there are two Baseballs. There's one for the rich megalomaniacs in the corporate box
seats. And then, there's the other Baseball, where all the working people
and the litigants have to sit."

Vincent Reda

If it means dumping the DH, you have my vote, and the vote of all my relatives in the cemetery!

Love the site!

Margot Hayward