Honor Satchel Paige and bear in mind his exclusion
Whiting, N.J.: I’m a Yankees fan since 1978, however I used to be deeply offended on the deceitful manner they marketed their “Satchel Paige Bobblehead Night” occasion on Thursday, May 11, on the stadium. Paige was pictured sporting a Yankees uniform as if he have been a member of our workforce at one time. He was a member of the New York Black Yankees, a Negro Leagues workforce, for just one 12 months in 1941. Jackie Robinson didn’t break Major League Baseball’s shade barrier till 1947 and the Yanks might have elevated Paige to the massive leagues then, however we didn’t and the Cleveland Indians grabbed him in 1948.
The Yankees, astonishingly, didn’t combine till 1955. It’s shameful that the Yanks waited eight years to combine and likewise shameful that this bobblehead offers the misunderstanding that Satchel was a Yankee 14 years earlier than Elston Howard got here on board. Paige’s main league profession led to 1965, a decade after Elston Howard grew to become a Yank, and three different MLB groups utilized his providers. The Yankees by no means did.
So let’s not sugarcoat it or try to present a misunderstanding right here. Paige, Willie Mays and others like them have been handed over. Let’s not faux Paige was allowed to be one in every of us on the most important league stage. He is known for his quotes like, “Don’t look back, something might be gaining on you.” Perhaps the Yanks, when contemplating future bobbleheads, ought to consider it as “Don’t look back, unless it’s to tell what really went on, not to suggest what you wish went on!” Chet Jelinski
Better report
Carmel, N.Y.: I discovered it humorous to learn James O’Connell’s April 27 column, “Mets still searching for last year’s offense with rocky start to season at the plate,” bemoaning the Mets’ sluggish begin versus final 12 months. In that very same day’s paper, on the stats web page, the Mets and Yankees have been each 14-11. The Mets have been main the Yankees in at-bats, on-base plus slugging, common, run help, house runs, doubles and runs batted in. They had extra walks and fewer workforce strikeouts. They additionally had a greater stolen base share. Yet your paper lauds the Yankees. Stop the Yankee bias in your reporting. Larry Gerard
Took a load off
Matawan, N.J.: The three superstars who needed to maneuver on, from the Nets to “contenders,” fell flat on their faces with their new groups and bought what they deserved after disrupting and abusing (not Kevin Durant although) the workforce that introduced them collectively to win a title in Brooklyn. Bye bye, egos. Let’s go Nets. Robert Wyshynski
Villainous sufferer
Bronx: To Devorah Halberstam (“New York’s terrorism statute should be Ari’s Law,” op-ed, May 16): Let me remind you that Meir Kahane was a terrorist himself — in actual fact, he was convicted of it. He was additionally a racist who recurrently, along with his gang the Jewish Defense League, attacked and beat up Black and Brown individuals. Don’t glorify him. Richie Nagan
That’s a stretch
Central Islip, L.I.: Geez! How many facelifts did Martha Stewart have for that Sports Illustrated cowl? Thomas Sarc
Added expense
Mahopac, N.Y.: What has gone unsuitable with America? NYC is leaping by means of hoops to help individuals who have executed nothing to advantage the help they’re receiving! There are nonetheless too many veterans who served their nation who aren’t getting any of the sort of assist. We perceive individuals wish to come right here for a greater life. We ought to be certain we maintain the individuals who served to make this a rustic that everybody needs to return to earlier than we give its help to newcomers. Putting newcomers in a faculty gymnasium? The logistics don’t work, regardless of how vehemently the mayor says they are going to. Security, restrooms, showers, meals — the prices alone are ridiculous. J. Garry
Commandeer
Rockaway Beach: Somebody ought to break the information to Mayor Adams that so long as we settle for busload after busload of immigrants from all factors south of the Rio Grande, they are going to proceed to return. How many will NYC take? Is 1 million the purpose? Two million? More? Migrant curiosity in fleeing to the U.S. free of charge rides to New York is not going to the entire sudden simply dry up. It is not going to cease till the mayor stops it. One manner is that if all of the buses are stopped on the state border, the drivers are arrested for interstate trafficking of individuals, the buses are confiscated by the state, the State Police or FBI drive to the steps of the Capitol in D.C. and drop them off, then return the empty buses to NYC as confiscated crime scene property and offered off. The Texas bus corporations will quickly lose curiosity. Patrick Clark
They want us
Bronx: To Voicer Donald Kempler: I too am a lifelong Daily News reader. As a fellow subscriber who has had his share of supply points, I perceive your frustration. But I feel it is vital for us to proceed to subscribe to The News. Newspapers throughout the nation have been compelled to shut, merge or turn out to be on-line editions solely. The News is probably not the paper it as soon as was, but it surely nonetheless deserves our help as long as it retains publishing in print. Edward Stapleton
Plan for wind
North Babylon, L.I.: Voicer Susan Caprio questions Voicer Sara Rebecca Storch about how we are able to electrify whereas closing poisonous peaker crops in weak communities. Renewable vitality, Storch had mentioned. More particularly, offshore wind. Beacon Wind, off the East End of Long Island, will probably be plugging into the NRG Astoria web site, serving Queens. Empire Wind 1 and a pair of, quickly to rise manner offshore south of the town and Nassau County and connecting at main websites of fracked gasoline air pollution, will serve Brooklyn and Nassau. South Fork Wind is already underneath development off East Hampton. Contracts in place, Beacon and Empire 1 and a pair of await allowing. Together they’re important to satisfy our state’s local weather mandate of 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2035, changing soiled gasoline and cleansing up native air. Gov. Hochul should velocity the allowing of those initiatives and choose as many viable wind farms as potential through the subsequent bidding course of. Alexa Marinos
World-class act
Staten Island: Harry Belafonte was a legendary performer, singer, actor and an awesome humanitarian. I’ll at all times bear in mind seeing him in individual on the Palace Theater in New York and at Forest Hills Stadium after I was a youngster. We misplaced an American treasure. Marianne Veidt
Well mentioned
Old Bridge, N.J.: To Voicer Joe Ewansky: Thank you in your good response to the dense Voicer JoAnn Lee Frank. You clarified how there’s not a shred of intelligence within the moronic crowd that follows Trump like brainless sheep. Kudos! Janet Cecin
Mystery donor
Howard Beach: Still looking for out who posted the $500,000 bond for George Santos. Why would anybody wish to come to assistance from this liar, fraudster and rip-off artist? Shouldn’t we all know who’s supporting this corrupt man and their the explanation why? Barbara Berg
Stop it on the supply
Staten Island: After studying Voicer John Cirolia’s letter relating to ravenous youngsters in South Sudan, it’s really a tragic scenario. However, ladies in poverty-stricken nations are subservient and don’t have any alternative about something, no much less contraception. However, there’s a resolution, John: Men, wherever you’re, preserve your zipper closed, which is assured contraception. Anita Giordano
New phrase, identical factor
Manhattan: Voicer Jim Newton shouldn’t be too involved about individuals figuring out others as woke. In the ‘40s we had “hep cats,” in the ‘50s we had people who were “hip” to social conditions and then the ‘60s gave us the “hippies.” It’s only a matter of late bloomers attempting to meet up with life and needing to seek for their identities. Some of them could have an actual life disaster that can put them again on monitor; others will most likely simply, as you say, return to sleep. Bruce Robertson
Cause for aid
Scarborough, N.Y.: After studying about California’s plan for reparations, I feel all American residents ought to demand reparations from the feckless federal, state and native politicians who’ve stolen or wasted our tax {dollars}. Thomas F. Comiskey
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