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Mail
Call - Letters to the
Editor
We have received a lot of emails
recently complimenting our staff,
suggesting material, and
inquiring about the future of The
Highlander. Here are just a few.
(Please let us know how we can
make your newsletter better.
Email us your questions, comments
and suggestions.)
The redesign of
The Highlander site is great -
though I may be later than most
in sending the compliment. I have
been busy trying to finalize a
publisher for a book project
entitled "Songs in the Infield"
(a photo essay which chronicles
the 1903-1919 Highlander/Yankees
years). Will let you know if the
book is accepted by a publishing
house. I intend to do much of my
own promotion and hope your
readers will be interested.
Regards and thanks again for the
Hal Chase site promotion. Ray
Istorico
Great news Ray!
We would be happy to help promote
"Songs in the Infield". Keep us
posted on the release date.
Do
you send the issue out via e-mail
when an issue comes out? If not,
when is the new issue due out?
Great piece of work you have
here. Came across it today and
find that it is very enjoyable to
read. Ronn Torrens
Thank you Ronn.
I'm glad you found us. We post
new issues the last week of every
month. I will add you to our
email list for monthly updates
and announcements.
There's a Chief
at work who is a huge Yankee fan.
His brother is also a Chief and
will retire late this year or
early next year. He bought a book
about the history of the Yankees
and wants to get it signed by
some players for his bro's
retirement. I told him to contact
the Vice President of Public
Relations for the Yankees. I'm
not looking for you to call in "a
marker" but thought that you may
have a contact related to your
Yankee work who might grease the
skids. Lt. Commander
Editor's note: We
are "protecting the names" to
"protect the surprise". The Lt.
Commander is an old friend who
also happens to be one of the
biggest New England sports fans
in the world. Despite that, I
still decided to help.
Thank you so much
for pulling all this together for
me. You did not have to do this
and I can't even begin to thank
you for all your efforts. I speak
for myself and my brother (who
doesn't have a clue yet) when I
say, Thanks. Chief
No, thank you
Gentleman, it is my pleasure and
I want to thank Harvey Frommer
for his assistance in this
matter. It's the least we can do
for those of you that have
sacrificed so much so that we can
sleep in peace at night. Thank
you for your service to our
country. I understand that your
brother was taking part in
Operation Iraqi Freedom and we
wish him (and all of our service
men and women) a safe trip home
and a well-deserved retirement!
Virgil Trucks
Interview Feedback: (Too many to
post - here are a few)
I just got a look
at your newsletter - great job. I
really appreciate what you did
for Virgil's book. He's really
appreciative. I know you're a
Yankee fan, so I thought I'd
throw in this little excerpt from
Virgil's book for you to see.
You'll get a kick out of it.
Ronnie Joyner (Pepperpot
Productions - co-author of
"Throwing Heat")
Ronnie, thank you
so much for the wonderful
baseball cards and autographed
book. Your work is absolutely
second-to-none and I look forward
to sharing all of your books,
newsletters, caricatures, and
baseball cards with all of our
readers in future issues.
Great interview
with Virgil! You know I never
thought of it (or heard of it
from him, and we speak a few
times a year) but he would have
been a Hall of Famer if he was a
lifetime Yankee. That 1952 Tiger
team he pitched for was horrible.
They couldn't hit a thing. The
best part of the interview was
the Curse of the Goat. Virgil
actually saw the guy that
"cursed" the Cubs! Now that's a
great story. Joe Gillespie (nBo
Baseball)
The Virgil Trucks
interview has been a complete
success and I wanted to
personally thank you again for
your help in contacting him. Our
site hits (on that page in
particular) literally tripled
this month (February) and I
believe it was entirely due to
Harold's great interview that
would not have been possible
without you.
"Thank you for
sharing the interview with Virgil
Trucks. He's a legend and it's
nice to see he is still
remembered." Detroit Tigers
online fanclub
You're more than
welcome, but it is we that are
thankful for having the
opportunity to start a
relationship with someone of such
great character. The conversation
that I had with him after
Harold's interview was amazing
and I will cherish it forever. I
mailed him a printed version with
a Thank You letter and we plan on
keeping in touch.
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