Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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The team has scored three runs in three games, one of those coming on a home run by Ben Zobrist. I know it’s very early, but only Zobrist and B.J. Upton have more than one hit. The Rays are dead last in the Majors in runs, on-base percentage, slugging average, and batting average, with an […]
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My Montreal homeboy Jonah Keri conducted this podcast interview with Fuld, who was recently traded from the Chicago Cubs to the Tampa Bay Rays. Maybe Fuld, a defensive whiz (Keri links to a couple of prime plays), can get some more playing time with the Rays than he did in Chicago. By the way, Keri […]
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The cover story features Shaquille O’Neill and the Cavs playoff run. Baseball items include a tribute to Ernie Harwell and his generation of broadcasters by Michael Rosenberg a quick look at Bill Madden’s bio on George Steinbrenner an assessment of the suddenly faltering San Diego Padres and the more successful Tampa Bay Rays
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When you consider that theTampa Bay Rays have only been around since 1998, it’s pretty impressive that they can publish a media guide that’s almost as big (488 pages) as that of the Dodgers (509) and even bigger than the Pirates’ (372), two teams that have been around for more than 100 years. Cover: The […]
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The baseball post-season takes a back seat to the NBA pre-season as the cover story. Tom Verducci writes the headliner about the Rays in the World Series, while Joe Sheehan of Baseball Prospectus gives the slight nod to Tampa to win in six. Meanwhile, back in Philly…
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The main baseball story profiles Joe Maddon, manager of the Eastern Division Champion Tampa Bay Rays (how many ever thought they’d hear those words strung together?). There’s a sidebar on Angels skipper Mike Scioscia as well. Other items include: A poll on who’s the best base-runner in the game. A “farewell” to Shea
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A comparison between the 1969 New York Mets and the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, by Lee Jenkins.
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The cover story by Tom Verducci features the crazy way the season is shaping up so far. Up is down and down is up as the Rays and Marlins — aong other surprise franchises — are reading their divisions. A second feature profiles the Indians’ pitcher Cliff Lee.
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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
* Hats off to Tampa or "You wascally wabbit"
October 31, 2008
I know it was really cold and nasty weather in Philly during the World Series. I can accept the storm coats and balaclavas the players have taken to wearing on the frigid east coast fall nights. I could put up with the “pajama pants” and baggy jerseys that seem to be the rage these days […]
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