Some Spectators Figure He Missed a Good Game

I find it hard to believe that Richard Hoffer was even in attendance the night the Dodgers won the West. I was one of the 32,000 fans in attendance and those at Dodger Stadium did not take the championship for granted as Hoffer suggests.

He refers to the fans as mellow. There were three standing ovations that night and, when the Reds lost, a thunderous three-minute ovation occurred that brought the team out of the dugout in appreciation. Mellow? Hoffer writes like a man with a deadline and no story.

CHAD LAINES

Long Beach