Letters to Sports: Dodgers’ latest Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway a debacle

Fans arrive early Wednesday to get their bobblehead of Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani before a game against the Orioles at Dodger Stadium. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

The Dodgers are citing budget constraints for the sponsors of a “giveaway” item? Seriously? If you’re charging $131 one night, and $36 the next, I’m pretty sure you could figure out a way to partner with your cash-strapped sponsors who can only afford 40,000 bobbleheads to scrape together another 13,000 or so for the folks you KNOW are going to show up for a Shohei bobblehead. Either that, or refund $95 to every person who shows up after you run out, since you’re not providing what they paid for.

Richard Brisacher
Mar Vista

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Shame on the Dodgers for not providing every fan in attendance a free bobblehead or other promotional item.

This from a team that pays all the gobs and gobs of dollars to its players, and leads the majors with almost 4 million fans year after year.

Think our Dodgers are the real “bobbleheads” on this one!

Marty Zweben
Palos Verdes Estates

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Instead of charging fans prohibitively high fees for bobblehead night tickets, Shohei Ohtani should buy and give all in attendance a free bobblehead. He can most certainly afford it and it would further his incredible legacy.

Patrick Kelley
Los Angeles

LeBron James is treated like gold, but he is tarnished bronze.

Bill Plaschke is right about one thing — the bubble championship was not worth much. Limited games, limited minutes, no travel. That is also why LeBron put up stats in Paris.

James won the “MVP” at the Olympics by hogging the ball and making it about him, as usual. Anyone who watched the semifinals and finals knows that Steph Curry was the true MVP.

LeBron has hijacked the Lakers for far too many years, playing GM, coach, etc. Cut the cord, Lakers.

Gary Caine
San Rafael

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LeBron re-signed with the Lakers knowing who is on the roster. This is the same roster that finished the regular season very strongly last year and advanced to the Western Conference finals two years ago.

The Western Conference is very strong and challenging. I say have patience with the team.

Robert Stein
San…