Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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Peter Sagal, staunch Red Sox fan and host of NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, paid “tribute” to the late Yankee owner George Steinbrenner on his July 17 program. Herewith, a transcript of the segment from the “Who’s Carl this time” portion of the program: Sagal: Your last quote is from a man who was [...]
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There are a lot of these on a similar theme. This is one of the better ones.
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Brian Lehrer featured segments on both Yankee legends on recent shows. Bob Sheppard // George Steinbrenner //
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As could be expected here in the tri-state area, George Steinbrenner‘s death received front-page attention in all the print media. The New York Times ran this obituary by Richard Goldstein, which continued as a full page after the jump. In addition, there were stories by Tyler Kepner; Harvey Araton; Steinbrenner was more than a baseball [...]
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The legendary Yankees “Boss” died of an apparent heart attack. Steinbrenner, who turned 80 on July 4, had been in failing health for the past few years. His death comes just days after Bob Sheppard, another long-time Yankees fixture. No doubt his death with spur renewed interest for books such as Bill Madden’s recent and [...]
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(Got it in under the wire) Born on the Fourth of July 80 years ago. Here’s a review of Bill Madden’s new bio from WasWatching.com. Other titles featuring Steinbrenner include: George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire, by Peter Golenbock The Ballad of Billy and George: The Tempestuous Baseball Marriage of [...]
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The Dorchester Reporter posted this Clark Booth review of Bill Madden’s latest title, Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball. Upshot: “It is, I believe, a decidedly important baseball book. Bill Madden is the man to tell it.”
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My review of Bill Madden’s riveting profile of the Yankees owner was published on Bookreporter.com. You can read it here.
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Two for the price of one this weekend, as the Times publishes an overview of Howard Bryant’s The Last Hero (“Much of this has been told before — most vividly in Aaron’s autobiography, “I Had a Hammer.” Written with Lonnie Wheeler and published in 1992, it explores the tangled theme of baseball and race with [...]
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The most recent episode of Only a Game includes an interview with Peter Golenbock, author of George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire. You can hear the segment here.
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That is, according to this entry onthe Yankee-centric RiverAvenueBlues blog regarding Peter Golenbock’s latest release,George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankees Empire. Why isn’t George higher up on my reading list? Other than having more interesting books ahead of it, there’s another reason: factual accuracy. Murray Chass (h/t BBTF) points to Goldenbock’s [...]
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From The Hardball Times Website, this evaluation. Upshot: In general, Rosengren does a good job telling these tales, and the book makes a nice, light read. If reading about the above sounds interesting to you, check it out.
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Whenever a book — especially a sports book — includes the words “best” (or “worst”), “ranking”, or “forever,” you know the author is looking to start an argument. Take John Roengren, for example. His new title on the 1973 season carries the “forever” brand. Granted 1973 was an eventful season. The Mets, still mourning the [...]
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In my "day job," I'm the features and sports editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper. I'm also the editor of the Bibliography Committee Newsletter for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
I did a piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
My article on Yankees Fantasy Camp appears in the current issue of Broadside Bombers.
My article on the later biographies of Babe Ruth appears in
My article on the Mets' 1969 post-season appears in
The Bookshelf was featured in in this column by Tom Hoffarth of the Los Angeles Daily News
An overview of several sports titles is one of the featured articles in the May/June issue of ForeWord Magazine.
What I'm reading now:
Banned in the Bronx: The Yankee Hater Memoirs 1953-2005
So far, so: refreshing, since I'm a Yankee hater, too.
Beyond Batting Average
So far, so: surprisingly comprehensive.
Chasing Baseball: Our Obsession with Its History, Numbers, People and Places
So far, so: early.
What I just read:
Born to Play: My Life in the Game
Grade: C. Average memoir, but Pedroia would be the first to admit he was an average student, so I don't think he'd be upset by the grade.
What's next:
L'Époque Glorieuse des Expos, by Alain Usereau (Still. Merde.)
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