Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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Last we I received a copy of New York Yankees Home Runs: A Comprehensive Factbook, 1903-2012, published by McFarland. At first glance, it looked daunting: page after page tables and lists about one single item: the four-bagger. But on further consideration, I realized this was an impressive undertaking. After all, the Yankees are one of […]
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This Yankees video trifecta is just too funny. John Sterling’s horrendous home run calls, ridiculous “pop” music background, and questionable editing. And this is a Yankees product! A shande, as my people say. Anyway, enjoy. (Thanks to the folks at Baseball Nation for the story link.)
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When Henry Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record in 1974, Ernie Harwell and Bill Slayback collaborated on “Move over Babe, Here Comes Henry,” a musical tribute. Wonder if some tunesmith will do the same now that Jamie Moyer has “bested” Robin Roberts on the all-time home runs allowed list? Like the pundits say, […]
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Congrats to Gary Sheffield for hitting home run number 500 last night at City Field. It’s about time this one got a rewrite anyway. Since it came out in 2000, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, Raphael Palmeiro, Alex Rodriguez, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, and Frank Thomas have all joined the exclusive club. Of […]
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In the trivia department, Chicago White Sox teammates Jermaine Dye and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back homers for the 300th round-tripper of their careers. Hitting No. 300 in the same game would have been impressive enough, but back to back? Brings to mind Griffeys Sr. and Jr. pulling the same stunt on Sept.4, 1990. Too bad […]
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From David Vincent: Bill Nowlin and David Vincent announce the publication of their new book titled “The Ultimate Red Sox Home Run Guide.” The volume is published by Rounder Books and is available through many fine retailers. The guide takes a look at Red Sox homers from the regular season to the postseason, with nearly […]
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A Short History of the Long by, by Peter Keating (ESPN, 2006) Dingers is to literature what ESPN is to journalism. You can’t count on it to be serious, but it sure is fun. Keating’s work has appeared in a well-rounded series of publication. That is, he’s not just a sports guy, so he’s not […]
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One more reason that the current NY Times is not your granddaddy’s newspaper. The history of the World Series home run on TV (video).
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He becomes the answer to the trivia question, who hit the 250,000th home run in the majors? Milestone Home Runs, compiled by Baseball-Reference.com 1. 1876-05-02 Ross Barnes (CHC) off Cherokee Fisher (CIN) in 5th inning 100. 1879-06-17 Charley Jones (BSN) off Will White (CIN) in 1st inning *1,000. 1884-07-04 Ned Williamson (CHC) off John Coleman […]
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From the Online Media Daily Web site: Nike created a print ad that ran last week in USA Today, the Seattle Times/Post Intelligencer and the Cincinnati Enquirer that commemorates Ken Griffey Jr.’s 600th home run. “As long as I have fun playing, the stats will take care of themselves,” reads the animated ad featuring Griffey […]
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The future Hall of Famer hit home run #600 yesterday, joining Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, Mays, and Sosa. No doubt new books are in the offing. There are already several titles, many for kids, which is fine because Griffey seems like a good role model (comparatively speaking). You never hear his name associated with drugs, drinking, […]
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In his May 8 column, Carl Bialik, aka, The Numbers Guy, offers “a reading list of articles about sports numbers, from the true distance of legendary home runs to a formula for measuring the chance of a basketball comeback.” The baseball portion of the piece includes: 565: The number of feet Mickey Mantle’s home run […]
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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.
My article on the later biographies of Babe Ruth appears in
My article on the Mets’ 1969 postseason appears in
Profiles of several Jewish baseball figures appear in
* Ruth, Maris, and Greenberg?
March 21, 2010 · 1 comment
There are a couple of books out this year that deal with athletes — Roger Maris and Hank Aaron– who were vilified by the press and the public for the audacity in approaching the home run numbers put up by Hall of Famer Babe Ruth, albeit for different reasons. Maris, who broke the single season […]
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