To the editor: Neither dodgers nor giants advocate oil on clean energy (“What do dodgers and giants have in common? An iconic ad, for big oil,” May 29). Both provide advertising services payments for competitors in the oil products industry, which will be with us until we can replace all fossil fuels with 100% clean energy sources.
The cause of clean energy is absolutely crucial for our future. We arrive there quite fast, but in the meantime, the competitors will compete, and they will use ads to do so. The advertising of any or of all of them is not a sin or a crime, not even mischievous. It is simply competition, and none of that should be considered as a bit despicable as long as the economy continues to require some fossil fuels.
After all, would you tell the people who would freeze if they were not burning coal that were doing something immoral, unusual or even illogical, if that were all that had to heat their home?
Mark Driskill, Long Beach
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To the editor: I appreciate the energetic comments of Columnist Sammy Roth about Big Oil's advertising in sporting events. However, if there was ever a storm in a teapot, it is this problem. I can't remember that nobody said: “I saw the AD 76 at Dodger Stadium. I'm buying more gasoline!” To be fair, I have been going to Dodger Stadium for more than 50 years and I couldn't tell you who has an ad. In general, I am seeing the game.
Jeffrey R. Knott, Fullerton
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To the editor: In the recent boiling point, the shot taken in Phillips 66 is open for debate. A part of the article transmits the disappointment of local Dodger fans that the iconic 76 logo also adorns the garden of San Francisco's rival giants (seriously, who cares?). Others ask to eliminate the logo in both stages due to their association with the fossil fuel industry.
The average reader, I think, can see both parties, although in most cases reluctantly. But here there is a third topic of debate to consider. When you look around the beautiful Dodger stadium, whether the bull's pens, the markers or along the foul lines, what do you see? Huge ads of four colors for alcoholic beverages that, when consumed a lot, can cause distraction and safety concerns for fans and families that just want to enjoy one night in the stadium. The heavy consumption of these products, and the aforementioned promotion of alcohol in this environment, never leads to anything good. Arguments of fans and fights in the stands or, what is worse, malicious attacks in the parking lot after the game. Yes, they are different issues, but it is something to think about.
Richard Whorton, Studio City
