Baseball Fact Mistaken

To the editors:

Although I would like nothing better than to let the baseball debate die, I am loath to let Khentov ("Further Baseball Debate") have the final word. Khentov, I believe, is a comedian. He has passed off his own invention as a rebuttal to Lev Polinsky's article.

In his article, he claimed that Jackie Robin-son "suffered a very tight left shoulder in the All-Star Game and missed the first three games following the aforementioned game." There is absolutely nothing about this statement that is true. Even though it is Khentov himself who makes the claim, The Crimson should have done some checking before printing a complete and total lie. DAVID HAMPTON '00   April 14, 1998.