The above heading includes “II,” because we had a letter from a sportswriter earlier. Anyway, the second:

“Safe-Zone Violation!” is right on the money. As a sportswriter myself, I cannot tell you how much I abhor politics’ being brought into sports by my colleagues. Of course, it’s such an epidemic now, I constantly get accused of being a liberal by commenters. For example, when the news broke about Obama’s throwing out the first pitch at the All-Star game, I wrote it as a straight news story with zero political spin. You should have seen the commenters come after me for trying to “advance the liberal agenda.”
This is the bed that others have made for me. I only wish more people followed your safe-zone mantra, as I do — always have, always will.

All honor to that sportswriter.