If We Ignore Him, Will He Go Away?

I have a solution to the Albert Belle problem. For years, athletes such as Eddie Murray and Steve Carlton refused to speak to the press. How about the press refusing to speak to Albert Belle? Imagine, after games, no reporters around his locker. No one taking pictures of him before games, no features about him in Sports Illustrated. The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. Let’s show the Albert Belles of the world that not only are we sick of their behavior, we’re just plain sick of them.

BARRY ISRAELSON

Santa Monica