Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]
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NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture announces THE 16th ANNUAL SPRING TRAINING CONFERENCE on the Historical and Sociological Impact of Baseball March 12-15, 2009 Clarion Hotel Tucson Airport–Tucson, Arizona Call for Papers The NINE Spring Training Conference invites original, unpublished papers that study all aspects of baseball, with particular emphasis on history and […]
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Herewith, the program highlights for the 15th annual Nine Spring Training Conference held in Tucson, Arizona from March 13-16. Lee Lowenfish, author of Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman, is the keynote speaker for the meeting, which will also pay tribute to the late Bill Kirwin, the journal’s former editor. Presentations include: Frantic Frankie Lane The […]
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One of my first published pieces appeared in NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture. Off-hand, I can’t recall what it was other than that it was a book review. Although he didn’t know it, Bill sort of launched me on my second career as a writer. Buoyed by the confidence that comes with […]
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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
