Again you print a story about the Orioles ("Out of order: Jones on batting first," June 21) and again reporter Eduardo A. Encina makes zero mention of Hyun Soo Kim. Do you all have blinders on?
The Hitting Machine of South Korea agreed to play two years in Major League Baseball and very rightly declined to make his hitting adjustments off-contract in the minors. The result has been 35 hits in 104 at-bats plus 11 walks. Who can complain now about the most consistent hitter on the team?
I love a long ball as much as anyone, but Hyun Soo Kim is our Ichiro Suzuki — bat him lead-off, let him get on base and put Adam Jones' big bat and the others behind him. If Joey Rickard is so good, bat him second and then bring on the big guns. But to ignore the simple math and not bat Mr. Kim first seems like madness and to ignore him in an article where discussing him should be obvious and interesting is either ignorant or rude.
Less cowbell, more Kim, more runs scored, more wins.
Lou Curran, Baltimore