Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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Examiner.com, one of the websites that tailors to local communities, ran this piece on what is becoming a franchise book, _____ by the Numbers, in this case the Cubs (with a companion website). Matthew Silverman wrote the first of this genre about the Mets and titles about the Yankees (Bill Gutman) and Red Sox (Bill […]
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So just who did create the ubiquitous MLB logo? Jerry Dior, as per The Wall Street Journal? Or James Sherman, as in this ESPN piece? Seems like a no-brainer after this exchange between Sherman and ESPN’s Paul Lucas, who writes the always-entertaining and observant Uniwatch blog. Then I asked an innocuous question that changed everything: […]
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The Mystique, Superstition, and Lore of Baseball’s Uniform Numbers by Jack Looney. An assessment by Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated as he seeks to determine who the best player was for each uniform number. An error in the on-line article: Deitsch writes, “For research we culled through dozens and dozens of media guides, some terrific […]
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in 1929, the Yankees become first team to wear digits on uniforms. Numbers are assigned based on the order in the lineup thus Earle Combs wore #1, Mark Koenig #2, Babe Ruth #3, Lou Gehrig #4, Bob Meusel #5, Tony Lazzeri #6, Leo Durocher #7, Johnny Grabowski #8, Benny Bengough #9, and Bill Dickey #10 […]
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As an unabashed Mets fan I’ll read anything about the team. Of course, this non-discriminatory policy can lead to some time-wasting clunkers. On the other hand, there are some time-wasters that can be lots of fun (you’re reading this, after all). Mets by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Amazin’ Mets by Uniform […]
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What next, sponsorship by Chico’s Bail Bonds? It’s bad enough there are so many variables — three tops, three bottoms, warm-up shirts, etc., not to mention all the different hats… Marc Okkonen published a colorful history (left), which chronicles the changes — subtle and not so — for all the franchises during the 20th century. […]
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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
