The readers write, and in the last week they sent unsolicited comments about one of this site’s least favorite baseball people:

#1—“You must have enjoyed Bobby Valentine’s latest rantings.

“Does he actually think anyone believes anything he says? That ridiculous story he told yesterday about Derek Jeter’s ‘flip play’ being a mistake would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad. What I wonder is why the baseball reporters (non-Red Sox ones, that is) let him off so easily. I could have imagined a ‘real’ reporter asking him at the press briefing yesterday:

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Let’s have an inter-sport lottery. It won’t cost you a penny, but then you won’t win anything either. Competing is the prize. It’ll be fun, and it’ll last a long time. We probably won’t know the outcome for at least a couple of years. This is the lottery of the commissioners.

Which commissioner will retire first, Bud Selig or David Stern?

The game is prompted by Stern’s declaration this past weekend that he planned to retire sooner rather than later. The National Basketball Association chief offered no specific time but said he would retire before the new labor deal expires, which could happen in 2017.

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On the field, Ryan Braun is a winner. Last season he won the National League most valuable player award, led the league in slugging percentage and extra-base hits, was second in batting average, runs scored and total bases and was fourth in runs batted in.

Off the field, Braun is a loser. Last year he tested positive for a banned substance, and this year he won his appeal of the 50-game suspension he faced.

How does winning his appeal make him a loser? Read the newspapers:

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