Something to Write Home About: Great Baseball Memories in Letters to a Fan

by Seth Swirsky

Book by Swirsky, Seth

191 pages, Hardcover

First published March 25, 2003

Reviews

[Kathie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title explains the book. Author, Seth Swirsky, publishes letters written about baseball-related thoughts and memories from various individuals including some Hall of Fame inductees, announcers, relatives of famous players, and other famous people. For example, the book includes letters from George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, Edward Kennedy, Paul McCartney, Gaylord Perry, Buzz Aldrin, Bob Costas, Frank Thomas, Gaylord Perry, Mike Veeck, Orlando Cepeda, Walter Cronkite, about 80 in all. Each communication through a handwritten letter conveys with detail and feeling the writer's memory that connects them with baseball. A special World Series game, the first game they ever attended, a controversial play, even a letter from a woman named Elizabeth Wrigley-Field.

[Kev Willoughby · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a charming and historical read! I loved the cursive handwritten notes reproduced as originally transcribed by each writer, detailing some of their most cherished memories from baseball history. There's something special about seeing so many letters in the handwriting of so many icons and fans of the national pastime, sharing their thoughts and dreams.

Among the writers who were included: George Bush, Paul McCartney, Tom Seaver, Ernie Banks, Buzz Aldrin, Peter Tork, George W. Bush, Buck O'Neil, Babe Ruth, Bob Sheppard, Ronald Reagan, Samuel Goldwyn, Orlando Cepeda, Ernie Harwell, and a young lady with the last name of Wrigley-Field (as a result of the last names of her parents).