(Your)Views - Letters to the Editor

At M(R)V, we do what we do for the benefit of our readers. So it's always rewarding, gratifying, and -most importantly- helpful for us to hear what you have to say about the important work we're doing.

Every month, the M(R)V mail room is flooded with letters from readers, and our e-mail inbox is metaphorically flooded with e-letters.

We can't address all of them in print, but rest assured they are all read and deeply considered. Here is a sampling of some of the feedback we've recieved in the last 30 days:

NOTE: Portions of the above letter have been redacted for reasons of national security.

Dear Jeff,

Thank you for that feedback! We only have one thing to say: If "cases of professional journalism" and "instances of accuracy" constitute "errors" in this day and age, we mourn the state of journalism!! But we get what you're trying to say, and we appreciate the nod.

-Ed.

This next letter was presumably intended as response to our review of Cats

Dear Ashley,

We would first like to state, in our defense, that at no point in our review did we specifically single out your cat, Perkins, and as such clearly made no judgements one way or the other as to whether Perkins was or was not friendly.

At M(R)V we try to take a balanced, non-biased approach to our work, and we are aware that the conclusion we utlimately reach may not be iron-clad and without exception. Rather, they are meant as a kind of "litmus test" for the overall use, effectiveness, and appeal of a product, as in the case of Cats which are, by and large, useless, obnoxious, stupid, loud, lazy hell-spawn. That you find "Perkins" to be "friendly" just proves that there is a vast array of taste among the wider consumer pool, and that much of that taste may be misguided or rooted in delusion and/or insanity, as we assume may or may not be the case with you.

We appreciate your input.

-Ed.

This next letter is in response to our piece about Baseball. It came via e-mail from reader hksteinbrenner@yankees.com

Dear My(Re)Views-

Don't make any mistake about it: Our team in the late 90s beat everybody, and we beat everybody because we were that much better than everybody. And they had just as many players doing stuff - all the teams. I guarantee you go through every team in baseball, and they all have the same basic percentage of players doing stuff. They just weren't as good as us. You think the Red Sox didn't have players doing stuff back then? Give me a break. They just weren't as good as us, and neither was anybody else.

You've got to win. Otherwise, there's no reason being in it.

We want to win; it's that simple. We're both kind of struggling. We just need to win. They just need to win. We just need to keep putting wins in the win column. We've got to start racking up some runs.

But as far as missing the playoffs - if we miss the playoffs by the end of this year, I don't know how patient I'll be. But it won't be against the players. It won't be a matter of that. It will be a matter of maybe certain people in the organization could have done something else.

I don't want anybody on my team that doesn't want to be a Yankee.


Dear hksteinbrenner,

Sure. Whatever.

-Ed.