Of course, in my case, it’s more a math thing than science.

Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
April 14, 2010
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In my most recent "day job," I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted another blog. Busy, busy, busy.
I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
The Season of Pepsi Meyers, by Abie Rotenberg
Most recent books read:
My Cubs: A Love Story, by Scott Simon
Grade: B+. I always get a kick when someone outside of the game who is serious fan, and not just someone looking to glom on to the extra celebrity status of running with a winner, publishes a heartfelt book like this.
Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character, by Marty Appel
Grade: A-. An accessible tribute to a legendary figure in the game and a good education for a generation of fans that never heard of Ole Case.
Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son, by Paul Dickson
Grade: B+. Another "colorful character" who spent a lifetime in the game.
Recently Read Archives
Previous "recently"
What I'm (trying to) reading now
The Cubs Way: The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse, by Tom Verducci
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's, by Jason Turbow
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Erik Sherman (After The Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the ’69 Mets. )
Chris Donnelly (Doc, Donnie, The Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York’s Baseball Soul )
Jane Leavy (The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and The World He Created)
Kostya Kennedy (The Story of Baseball in 100 Photographs)
My article on the later biographies of Babe Ruth appears in
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My article on the Mets' 1969 post-season appears in

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