Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
My 40-Year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer with Glen Waggoner (Harper, 2008) Sept. 8 marked Bobby Murcer’s big league debut. That, coupled with his recent passing, makes this an appropriate time to discuss his autobiography. Yankee For Life was a tough one to get through. Not because it was badly written — not at […]
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Phil Mulshine reviews Bob Golon’s book in the Newark Star-Ledger. Upshot: The bulk of this book consists of a team-by-team account of the eight clubs that play in New Jersey. Golon visited them all and reports that he didn’t get “major-leagued” at any. He defines being “major-leagued” as “getting the distinct feeling of fan-unfriendliness that […]
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General: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Al Santasiere Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan’s Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks, by Zack Hample. The Cubs: The Complete Story of Chicago Cubs Baseball, by Glenn Stout and Richard Johnson Science of Hitting, […]
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Glad to see I’m not the only one who doesn’t review every title as soon as it comes out. This one from the estimable Baseball Toaster.
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Sorry, a little late on this one. Holiday, and all. *** General: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis Yankee Stadium, the Official Retrospective, by Al Santasiere Watching Baseball Smarter, by Zack Hample. The Natural, by Bernard Malamud The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance, by H.A. Dorfman […]
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According to this piece in on Thisweeklive.com, A new children’s book about sharing what you have with those in need is paying real-life dividends for the Eagan-based nonprofit Cheerful Givers. When readers purchase the book through the publisher’s Web site (www.agloveoftheirown.com ), a pull-down menu allows them to select from a list of charity groups, […]
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Someone does evidement, as per this review of Neil Leifer’s Ballet in the Dirt on this French photographic Web site.
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When the Red Sox won their first World Championship in almost 90 years, it spawned a subgenre of baseball titles. What then, can we expect when (if) the Cubs follow suit this year after a century of frustration? Perhaps this is a portent of things to come. We Are Cubs Fans is a collection of […]
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From the Traverse City Record-Eagle, this feature on Bill Anderson and his newest edition of The Detroit Tigers: A Pictorial Celebration of the Greatest Players and Moments in Tiger History.
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by Fred Glueckstein (iUniverse) This slim volume focusing primarily on Mantle’s first year with the NY Yankees is basic enough. Glueckstein has obviously done his research quite well. Too well, it might appear, as he relishes in relaying the most minute details, such as the full name and birth dates and places of most of […]
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Ugh. That “forever” word. Anyway, this review comes courtesy The Joy of Sox blog.
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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
