"Los Angeles baseball collector Seth Swirsky has found a creative way to put together a unique baseball collection"
Owen Edwards, GQ Magazine June, 2000
 

"One of the most sustaining things about the baseball hobby is the realization that, in many cases, some of the most spectacular pieces of historic baseball memorabilia wind up in hands of remarkable people who seem more than worthy caretakers of the game’s treasures. Seth Swirsky would seem to fit nicely into that category."
T.S. O’Connell, Sports
Collector’s Digest
June 23, 2000

 

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Historic Baseballs

I started my baseball collection in 1995. One of my favorite pieces is the baseball that went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series. Everyone always says to me "I thought Charlie Sheen has that ball!" He did until he sold most of his baseball collection in April, 2000.

Another favorite is Reggie Jackson's third home run ball from the night he hit 3 home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series. They didn't start calling Reggie "Mr. October" until he hit those 3 home runs. This ball earned him his nickname.

Also in this section: A baseball signed by the Beatles the night they played their famous Shea Stadium concert on August 15, 1965; The home run ball hit by Babe Ruth in 1921 that tied him for the all-time, career lead in home runs with 136; A baseball signed by President Clinton during the baseball strike in 1994 with a poignant message written on it, and a baseball pitched by Johnny Vander Meer during his incredible second consecutive no-hitter on June 16, 1938.



Related links:

Read my baseball poem, Mulrooney On The Hill, illustrated by former pitcher Bob Tewksbury.

Listen to my song There's Nothing Like The Game of Baseball.

See my 3 books: Baseball Letters, Every Pitcher Tells A Story, and Something to Write Home About.

Hear Hall of Famer Ernie Banks describe how he came up with his famous phrase "Let's Play Two".