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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.)
Hello Michael,
Thank you for writing this great
story on the M&M Boys. I am
sixty-two years young and have
been a New York Yankees fan since
I was nine years old. I was
fortunate to see Joe DiMaggio,
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
play and to this very day the
"Mick" has always been my hero.
Not one day in the past many
years you would find me without
my Yankee cap!
Everything in
your article is right on target.
The "Mick" was the fans favorite
while Maris appeared to be very
distant with most fans. Even
before the M&M boys I had
other Yankee heroes. Gil
McDougal, Phil Rizzuto, Hank
Bauer and Vic Raschi were some of
my favorites. The dreaded
Brooklyn Dodgers were always the
villains. In 1955 my heart was
broken as a thirteen year old
when the "Bums" finally beat my
Yankees in the World Series. Bill
Mazeroski also gave me everything
but a coronary attack with his
walk off home run for a Pirates
World Series victory in
1960.
Never the less I
remain a true Yankee fan and one
who appreciates your story very
much! Thank you and "God
Bless".... Jerry Hines aka "The
Pinstripes Guy".
Thank you Jerry,
both for the compliments as well
as your eyewitness insight. The
M&M Boys was one of the first
essays I ever published here at
the Pinstripe Press and it's a
personal favorite of mine. I
would like to recommend the movie
*61 to anyone who is interested
in an accurate portrayal of
Mantle and Maris and the
challenges that they faced on and
off the field. That film provided
the inspiration for the article
and I would like to thank Billy
Crystal for creating
it.
I just wanted to let
you know how much I enjoyed
reading The Highlander. You
addition of ex-player interviews
was a nice touch and Harold
Friend does a great job
interviewing them. Marvin Terry's
cartoons were also funny and I
really liked the Fast Facts
section that taught me things I
wouldn't have known.
Congratulations on another great
year and I look forward to what
you have planned for next season.
- Andrew D.
Thank you Andrew.
This has certainly been a great
year and I am tremendously proud
of the staff and their excellent
work. The success of The
Highlander over the last two
years is solely due to the
efforts of both our contributors
and readers and I want to thank
you all from the bottom of my
heart. We have some great plans
in he works for 2005 and I can't
wait to debut them.
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