"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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Memorabilia

Some of these pieces in this section of my baseball collection are quite special to me. Especially Tom Seaver's 1969 World Series jersey. Looking at it, I'm transported right back to the "hot-fun-in-the-summertime" of 1969 when the Miracle Mets beat out the Cubs and then the heavily favored Orioles to win it all.

There's a long running show called This Week In Baseball that shows the lighter side of baseball, namely, the best bloopers of the week. They rated as their #1 blooper of all time the play where a long fly ball bounced off right fielder Jose Canseco's head and over the outfield wall for a home run. Check out the cap Jose was wearing on that play.

Dizzy Dean and Billy Martin were two of baseball's most colorful characters. Check out the last glove Dizzy ever used in his Hall of Fame career and the glove Martin used to make a diving catch of Jackie Robinson's towering pop up to save the 1952 World Series.

Speaking of Jackie Robinson, view his personal Brooklyn Dodgers luggage tag keeping in mind that in his day, African American players weren't allowed in the same hotels as white players.


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".