Further Baseball Debate

To the editors:

Lev Polinsky noted in his letter ("A Final Word on Baseball," Apr. 7), that Jackie Robinson played all of his 151 games in 1947 at first base. This is actually not the case. Robinson suffered a very tight left shoulder in the All-Star Game and missed the first three games following the aforementioned game. So in fact, he only spent 148 games at first base. I know a lot about baseball. BORIS KHENTOV '00   April 10, 1998