Letter To The NY Times

My old teammate Lyn Lary passed this along

Meanwhile, here was a letter to the editor published in the Times’ sports page today:
“The Cincinnati Reds, as the oldest and first professional baseball franchise, earned the honor of opening the season every year—that is until recently. That was considered part of baseball traditions.
Sadly, the Yankees have managed to steal even this tradition just as they have been able to erode every other, likely because of their disproportionate wealth and influence. Baseball is doomed to mediocrity and will not flourish unless it finds a way to level the playing field and eliminate the influence that bigger markets have over the smaller ones.”
It’s signed by some stumblebum named Steve Shane, from Newport, KY, who apparently hasn’t noticed that the old tradition of letting the Reds open first has been gone for at least ten years, and that its demise has nothing to do with the Yankees, but is the brainstorm of the great Bud Selig, former small-market owner. (Never mind the logic of how baseball won’t be “mediocre” if all the teams are even, and how this guy feels his Reds don’t have a chance even though they finished first last year.)
Out of all the letters the Times sports page must get every week, why print an obvious lie and leave it to stand unchallenged? Why do you think? Somehow, I’m betting that if this idjit had made some wild accusation against the Red Sox, this never would’ve seen the light of day.

Google maps helped me track down a possible Steve Shane. Looks like he's stumbling like Lyn suggested