David Eckstein 2001-2002

[BMH]

As you all know Wilson purchased Louisville Slugger from Hillerich & Bradsby Company. When that happened I thought it best to quit posting until I got something formal from the new owners of LS about me giving out order information. Well, it seems someone on the board emailed the company about David Eckstein orders from 2000-2002, the new customer service rep for LS didn't know I answered such questions and didn't know how to handle the question so he kicked the email over to the legal department. The legal department informed the CSR not to give out the information because it could cause LS legal issues in the future. With that the gentlemen who emailed LS wrote this wonderful gem.

Did you see the attachment I sent you? The attachment is information that is on the GameUsed Universe website. Public information for anyone to see. Along with many other players shipping records, is on that website. If your legal department is worried about litigation, then Brian Hillerich is in a heap of trouble, because he is the one posting that information on a public forum website called GameUsed Universe. If the legal department truly does not want to share shipping records information, then I will notify GameUsed Universe and have them remove that section on there website. Let me know. Thanks


Thank you for making my day so much more exciting with looking forward to the meetings I have tomorrow about this subject.

[Game Used Bats]

Unreal

[yanks12025]

Wow! That member whoever emailed that to the legal department is horrible.

[brianborsch]

Omg, that member should be banned. Why would someone send that 2nd email? Brian, I'm sorry you have to go through this after all you've done to help the hobby. I hope it's not too bad for you to deal with. What a headache.

[bgold]

Wow, that is some serious you know what. What an ahole!

And who is this guy anyways? "I will notify guu to delete all the info", what a prick..

[yanks12025]

Also if you search David eckstein on here, you can find out who the member probably was.

[gorilla777]

That took about five seconds in search to figure it out...what a douche move.

[seanbaseball]

Idiot. Just simply dumb.

[soxbats]

Hey BMH, when you have that meeting pass this message along to your supervisors for those on this forum that have some decency and class.

What you have done over the last several years has demonstrated the kind of care and concern for customers that is lost on many, but frankly was an overriding charistic of the company started by your family so long ago. A personal connection. The kind of company that let Ted Williams climb through its billets. When you started posting I was frankly blown away, but then what should we expect from a company and family that is part of the history of the game.

Yes, we are talking about collecting bats in the aftermarket and not direct sales, there won't be a line on the spreadsheet showing the value of your posts, but name and history are a large part of the real value of the company Wilson bought. Your willingness to talk to collectors has kept alive that brand and history which translates into sales. When people think of baseball bats they think of those held by Ruth, Williams, Mantle . . . they think of H&B. I have collected bats for 25 years and have had the privilege of sharing that collection with my sons. My first bat was a Yaz H&B store model at the age of 7 (way too big) and my oldest son's was a LVS pro stock lite. Both are sitting in my collection with a Yaz gamer and many others. We could have bought a dozen different bat brands, we bought a LVS because of this history.

Absent the history, LVS becomes another bat company. We all know that much of the mystery behind the models and sizes has been released into the public. Now a players simply can hand a bat to a company and have it duplicated. I hope that the new management will understand the wonderful connection you have built with the large collecting community through your posts and will allow you to continue to do so. It would be a tremendous loss to this community, and the history of bat manufacturing, if you were silenced.

In any event, please accept our sincerest thanks for all the time and patience you have shown in response to the many questions posted here. . . . And don't resist the temptation to delete the Eckstein file.

Soxbats

[STLHAMMER32]

Truly sickening......figured I'd save everyone the trouble of the eckstein search