Shell Game

May 23, 2005

I was glad to see the feature on Miguel Tejada (SI PLAYERS, May 2), but as a native Marylander, I must take exception to the crabs selected for the photograph. Maryland and Baltimore are famous for blue crabs, callinectes sapidus (translation: "savory beautiful swimmers"). To substitute what appear to be Dungeness crabs in this story is akin to posing Barry Bonds in front of London Bridge instead of the Golden Gate. I would like to extend an invitation to writer Daniel G. Habib to come join me on the lower Eastern Shore for the quintessential taste of summer: hot steamed blue crabs and ice cold draft beer.