From Readers: Full Count on Ross Porter

Howard Rosenberg’s smug and smirking article on Ross Porter (“His Patter Touches All the Bases,” Calendar, April 22) does a disservice to a fine baseball announcer who brings many hours of enjoyment to baseball fans in the Los Angeles area. Knowledgeable fans appreciate Mr. Porter’s unpretentious and straightforward style, as opposed to Mr. Rosenberg’s sarcastic and exaggerated attempt to be clever. Lighten up, Mr. Rosenberg; it’s a beautiful day for a ballgame if you want to listen and learn and have some fun.

ROSE E. GATES

Pasadena

Howard Rosenberg hit a home run on his article about Ross Porter. He’s the reason I don’t listen to Dodger games on the radio. If Mike Piazza hits 40 home runs in a season, I really don’t care if 20 homers came off of lefties, 10 of whom were born east of the Mississippi, and if five of the pitchers have birthdays in the month of May, and no other siblings are left-handed, but all the right-handed pitchers have cats as pets that can play with a ball with either the left paw or right paw. Now let’s talk about Tom Candiotti’s knuckle ball. . . .

VINCE EGNOZZI

Rowland Heights