Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
Perhaps jumping on the drug bandwagon/confessional, Otis Nixon, a former outfielder for the Atlanta Braves and other teams, is reportedly working on a book that describes his battle with drugs. *** Actress Laraine Day passed away Nov. 10. She was dubbed the “first lady of baseball” for her marriage to Leo Durocher, then the manager […]
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Richard Ben Cramer, author of Joe DiMaggio: The Hero’s Life, is working on a biography of American League MVP Alex Rodriguez. Last month, he told Publishers Weekly he expected A-Rod, who had declared free agency, to re-sign with his old team. So basically there were only two options: Either he would or he wouldn’t. Cramer […]
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Game of Shadows Given New Life With Barry Bonds Indictment from today’s Publishers Weekly e-mail: Lisa Johnson, Gotham’s v-p/executive of publicity/director of marketing for Gotham/Dutton books, told PW that Gotham is looking into resoliciting the book, as well as conducting a radio interview tour. “Stations have been calling,” publicity manager Beth Parker told PW, “and […]
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Peter Morris, author of the two-volume Game of Inches, has a new title coming out next March. But Didn’t We Have Fun? An Informal History of Baseball’s Pioneer Era, 1843-1870, published by Ivan R. Dee, looks back at an innocent time before the game turned pro. From Publisher’s Weekly: Morris … explores the earliest days […]
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The Canadian Press reported yesterday that “Joe Torre to recall his New York Yankees years in planned memoir.” The book, currently untitled, will be co-authored by Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci and will include Torre’s memories of the Yankees, with whom he won four World Series championships, and general thoughts on the game. Doubleday, an imprint […]
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David Wright is the schedule guest for the Oct. 31 edition of The Daily Show. As they say on TV, “check your local listings for time.” Who knows, maybe he’ll announce a new book?
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Baseball Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, who recently released his autobiography I Live for This, will be the guest speaker, with co-author Los Angeles Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke, at the Smithsonian, U.S. Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW (Main Entrance), Washington, DC on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m, Using video clips to […]
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Carlos Zambrano, the ace of the Chicago Cubs staff, has released his biography, published by Triumph Books. A piece in the Oct. 11 Chicago Sun-Times by Lacy J. Banks, reported that: Zambrano said his biography pretty much reflects the season he just finished. ”This season was full of ups and downs, and it ended too […]
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Mort Zachter, author of the surprise hit Dough, is working on a biography of former Dodger All-Star first baseman Gil Hodges. Hodges, who later managed the Washington Senators and the Miracle Mets of 1969, died in April 1973 of a heart attack during spring training. He was 48 years old. Zachter posted this essay on […]
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From Publisher’s Weekly, Sept. 24, 2007: After an auction that saw several publishers bid into the seven figures, Scribner’s Nan Graham took world rights to the first authorized biography of baseball great Willie Mays. The book will be written by bestselling author James S. Hirsch, and Todd Shuster at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth sold the project, […]
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Reprinted in its entirety from an e-mail I received. Dear Researchers and Educators, I am writing to inform you about a new journal that may be of interest to you for your own scholarly research or for your students and colleagues. Black Ball is a peer-reviewed journal to be published twice each year by McFarland […]
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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
