Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
From the blog: Wrigley Field And from the book by the same name: The Boston Red Sox Though many would argue that the Chicago Cubs are the top club for white people, the Boston Red Sox remain the undisputed white franchise. In fact, were it not for the players, there would be no recorded instances […]
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American Thinker ran this review of Harvey Frommer’s latest book. Upshot: If you love the Yankees or simply have an abiding interest in baseball, this book will provide you with many pleasurable hours of recalling memories through its many pictures and loads of interesting tidbits and anecdotes about our most storied baseball team and its […]
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A website specifically about baseball e-books? Seems so. Most of the title appear to be instructional in nature. One of the links brings the reader to an e-book on How to Score Baseball. A cursory glance: not too bad. Not sure exactly how much of the book is available at no cost.
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RotoRob.com ran this review of Josh Hamilton’s new book, chronicling the substance abuse problems he battled, and hopefully and seemingly, mastered. In a nutshell: Whether it is a sad story with a happy ending, a story of what not to do in life, or just a story of how life can deal you many obstacles […]
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From Blogcritics Magazine, this review of Adam Beechen and Manny Bello’s new black-and-white graphic novel, Dugout, using the always amusing baseball/prison break theme {“Dug out,” get it? Har.). Upshot: Like most caper stories, Dugout is 80% build-up and 20% bang.
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From Nonfiction Comics, this piece on the graphic novel, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow.
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The book I wish I had written, reviewed on NewBaseballApparrel.com. You can read some samples of the book here.
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Wowio is actually an e-book website that recently started charging for its collection. But if you don’t mind staring at your computer screen, you can read the the 2008 edition of the excellent Hardball Times for free. IMHO, this publication is right on par with the Baseball Prospectus annuals. Registration may be required.
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From a Business Wire press release: The Chicago Sun-Times is proud to announce the publication of its stunning 84-page color glossy commemorative magazine, The Cubs: Their Thrilling 2008 Season, that catches the best of the thrilling 2008 season, as well as recaptures what it’s taken to get to where the Cubs are today. The Cubs: […]
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From the Laguna Beach Independent: The scholarship of Andy Strasberg, one of the co-authors of the new book “Baseball’s Greatest Hit: the Story of ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” is featured at the next Laguna Beach Historical Society program, Monday, Sept. 29.
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From the MLB Scoop blog. Upshot: Read it.
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Kidliterate.com published this review of Alan Gratz’s latest. Gratz also wrote Samurai Shortstop, a young adult/historical fiction book on baseball at a Japanese school in the late 19th century. Visit Gratz’s Web site.
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At the risk of cutting off my nose to spite my face, I have to say that I never got the whole “critic” thing. I guess people want someone to give them advice on what to read/see/listen to and what to avoid. And that’s basically it. They can do without all the fancy language and […]
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My feature on tribute books to the stadium is the lead story on the current on-line issue of Bookreporter.com. Titles include: MEMORIES OF YANKEE STADIUM by Scott Pitoniak A YANKEE STADIUM SCRAPBOOK: A Lifetime of Memories by David Fischer YANKEE STADIUM: A TRIBUTE: 85 Years of Memories, 1923-2008 by Les Krantz REMEMBERING YANKEE STADIUM: An […]
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Herewith a new “feature”: books that I’ve recently finished, but haven’t gotten around to reviewing, along with a mini-mini-critique. The Brooklyn Nine Yankees World Series Memories
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is available on Amazon.com,
In a former life, I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted an award-winning bog about Jews and Sports.
I did a profile piece on the legendary cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was very generous in immortalizing me in this caricature.
My article on Sandy Koufax in the 1965 World Series appears in
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
