Letters: Baseball is making some big errors

Baseball is a sport built upon the firm foundation of once-upon-a-time. But a great leaping grab by another future Hall of Famer, Mookie Betts, ninth inning of Tuesday night’s Dodger-A’s game, somehow prompts this from ESPN’s Chipper Jones, “I like to think of Mookie Betts as the Mike Trout of the National League.” Oddly, in Trout’s dream, he’s Mookie. Dan Johnson Salem, Va. :: As good as shortstop Andrelton Simmons may be, I don’t believe many Angels players would want to spend any time in a foxhole with him given his selfish decision to simply stop playing right in the middle of a tight pennant race. Steve Ross Beverly Hills Rocking the vote LeBron James is upset that he got only 16 first-place MVP votes, not that he didn’t win. Lynn Thompson Redondo Beach DeChampion Before I begin downing power shakes and pumping iron to improve my golf game, I’m going out on the putting green.