THE READERS SOMETIMES E-MAIL

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 | 7:26 a.m.

Readers have opinions and fill my e-mail box, letting me know when mine are right (sometimes) and wrong (often). From time to time, I'll share their comments.

My husband read your article on Sister Mary Thaddeus ("When the Series was in daylight, and kids smuggled radios to school," Oct. 22 ) and laughed for a long time. It seems that when he went to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Vancouver, B.C., he, too, had a Sister Mary Thaddeus who did the exact same thing.

Penny E. Braidwood

Vancouver, B.C.

Penny: Ask your husband if his Sister Thaddeus was a dead pull hitter who had a bazooka for a throwing arm. If so, maybe she got traded to the Chicago suburbs for a utility nun to be named later.

I read your column about not being able to watch the World Series because of the nuns who taught you, but I must tell you that you are in the minority. I'm the co-author of "Don't Chew Jesus! A Collection of Memorable Nun Stories." One of our contributors shared memories of the nuns at St. Hugo's in Detroit turning on black-and-white TV sets so the kids could watch the 1968 matchup between Detroit and St. Louis . Plus, we have several stories that show how much most nuns really liked baseball.

Danielle Schaaf

Houston

Danielle: Some of my nuns liked baseball. The others just liked rapping our fingers with rulers whenever the Cubs' bullpen blew the lead, which explains my D-minus in penmanship.

Your story about the Las Vegas Gladiators leaving town (" ... why arena football was a bad idea," Oct. 20) was absolutely hilarious.

I'm a very big AFL fan from Grand Rapids, Mich. My only regret is that you probably don't have any aspirations of moving up here to cover our beloved Rampage.

Ross Price

Kalamazoo, Mich.

Ross: True, I don't have any desire to cover the Grand Rapids Rampage. But I did enjoy riding it at Six Flags.

You make some valid points about how pathetic an owner Jim Ferraro was/is. He is a bum. But you never gave arena football a shot to be successful. ESPN believes in the product, and I don't think fans in St. Louis were laughing when Kurt Warner took them to the Super Bowl.

Warren McCarty

Amarillo, Texas

Warren: I would also point out that Justin Timberlake started his career in 'N Sync. And although 'N Sync could probably beat this year's Rams by two touchdowns, that doesn't make them great.

I'm glad you didn't try to sugarcoat this Gladiator fiasco. I'm still astonished that this ridiculous notion of indoor football ever got a toehold in the first place. I remember reading that a government employee once considered shutting down the patent office back in the 1800s because he thought there might not be anything left to invent. That guy must have been a sports fan.

James Price

Henderson

James: But you have to admit that the Fishin' Magician was a pretty good sports invention.

When I read the lead regarding UNLV's first quarterback I was expecting a nice puff piece with its compulsory nostalgia ("He's still the life of the party," Oct. 22). Instead, you say Bill Casey was "bright" because he chose to evade the draft and play football. Thus I must assume that you think those sailors, Marines, airmen and Coast Guard who went to war were "not bright." You, sir, are a disgrace.

Joseph Miller

Henderson

Joseph: I had a cousin who stepped on a land mine in Vietnam. While I will never question his bravery, I still wish he had been a better football player.