Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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A bit of a clunky title, sorry. I was a bit too young to start my collection with Topps’ 1959 series, being only two years old with no disposable income, but I always get a kick out of seeing the old cards and how they compare with today’s Hydra of variety. I started reading Phil, […]
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The Black Bat: A Supernatural Baseball Epic, by Simon Pole. Robot Rider Press, 2025. I us’ally do not take a shot With po’try books. They are a lot Of work for me to comprehend And I feel foolish in the end Because I do not think that I Am qualified to render my Opinion on […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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Sports Collectors Digest ran a series on the artists who drew on the cartoons on the backs of Topps cards back in the day. Fun stuff. Part one here. Part two here. FWIW, I was able to read this review of Jane Levy’s New Make Me Commissioner in The Wall Street Journal, but that doesn’t […]
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I must be getting old. As I was preparing a post about Japanese baseball culture, I referred to the trip I took to that country earlier this year. It was a thrilling two-week experience which included the opportunity to acquire and visit a lot of baseball. But lo and behold, when I went to link […]
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Certainly the debut of Jen Powal, MLB’s first female to umpire in a regular season game, will warrant a book of some sort, be it a bio of her or female umps in general or women in baseball. Here’s just one article on the event, which took place yesterday in the first game of the […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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♦ Adding to the previous B&P item about gathering Hall of Fame induction speeches: you would expect writers to be more comfortable with the process than the players. Washington Post columnist Thomas Boswell was the 2025 winner of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Career Excellence Award. Here is his acceptance speech. Side note: According […]
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A thought occurred to me as I was posting about the passing of Ryne Sandberg. Although I still subscribe to the physical edition of The New York Times, I also have the app which sometimes will publish several days ahead of the print version. I have frequently found that an obituary not not appear for […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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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
Bookshelf Review: Make Me Commissioner
September 27, 2025
Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It, by Jane Leavy Jane Leavy is one of my favorite authors. In addition to her wonderful writing, she’s a fun interview and will shortly join my humble version of Saturday Night Live‘s five-time hosting club with her next appearance on The […]
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