When Will Baseball Come to Its Senses?

I have finally understood the meaning of “The inmates are running the asylum,” when I read the item of the Padres paying 31-year-old Tim Teufel a guaranteed contract of two years for $1.5 million. Here is a guy who hit .228, with a mere 11 home runs, and is not that “swift” with a glove. And base stealing--forget it.

As I am recovering from this shock, I turn the page and read where Mike Gallego, former Oakland A’s infielder who is 31, is hitting a lifetime .228, 12 home runs, adequate with a glove with several stolen bases, signing with the Yankees for three years for $5.1 million.

What is happening to the great old American pastime? Give me a break.

KEN WATSON

Carlsbad