Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
That is the question. I’ve been collecting Topps Heritage sets for a few years now. I am enchanted by the homages to the designs of my youth, especially the early 60s when I started the hobby in earnest. I figured this might be a good way for me to familiarize myself with today’s players. One […]
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SABR Day is fast approaching. The Elysian Fields Chapter (Northern New Jersey) will hold its annual event at historic Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ, on Saturday, February 7. The roster of guests includes artists Todd Radom, Ellen Lindner, and Brian Kong. Each of the trio has their own unique […]
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Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not. 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 […]
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Baseball Obscura — now in its third year — follows in the footsteps of Bill James’ Baseball Abstracts. Its author, David Fleming, comes by his publication honestly since he was a frequent contributor to James’ website over the years. One of the things we discussed in our Bookshelf Conversation is the slow death of the […]
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Todd Radom, Ellen Lindner, and Brian Kong will be the featured guests as the Elysian Field Chapter celebrates “SABR Day” at the Muth Museum located in Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ, on Saturday, February 7. Radom, a former Bookshelf Conversation guest for Winning Ugly: A Visual History of Baseball’s Most Unique Uniforms, has a new […]
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Sorry but when I see the word “free,” I want to take it at their, well, word. So when I saw the headline on my Google alert that said “Free eBook downloads are back for spring training books! – Ballpark Digest,” that’s what I thought it meant. But upon further review… “The offer is simple. […]
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In addition to the books previously mentioned, here’s a look at some additional titles to watch for in the new year. Who knows, maybe there’s a CASEY winner among them. Once again, I’m omitting all of the “romance novels” that purport to be about baseball, and there sure are a lot of them. You Gotta […]
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♦ With the latest scandal, I wonder if books about the Black Sox will get a bump in readership? To catch up, here’s a piece from The Atlantic: “Baseball’s Big Whiff on Gambling.” ♦ Journalist Terry Moran posted this piece on “The Storyteller: Joe Posnanski on what sports tells us about love, loss and belonging” […]
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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
