Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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This comes from Spitball Magazine as they prepare for the publication’s 30th annual CASEY Award for best baseball book of the year. You may nominate up to 10 books but only books which you have actually read; no hearsay please. All books to be nominated must carry a 2012 copyright. Only works published as real […]
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Two classic American pastimes come together Friday, Sept. 28, as the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum presents the Seventh Annual Baseball Film Festival with opening ceremonies in Cooperstown. The festival continues on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29-30. The first-pitch event will feature a special screening of Knuckleball at 7 p.m. Friday in the […]
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The Chicago Baseball Museum is hosting a symposium on “One Family, Two Teams: The Impact of the Veecks on Chicago Baseball.” The program begins at 5:30 p.m., Chicago time. The list of speakers includes: Paul Dickson, author of Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick Dr. Timuel Black, Chicago historian Ron Rapoport, former Chicago Sun-Times columnist Roland […]
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Lax as I’ve been about posting lately, I’ve been worse in the care and feeding of my widgets. So if you cast your eyes rightward, you’ll notice updates to the reading lists (what I just read, what I’m reading now, etc.), podcasts (and I’ll be getting back to those soon, too), and even the Facebook […]
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Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan recently announced a new joint venture. Shortly after the Boston Red Sox won their first Word Championship since 1918, King and O’Nan published Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season, which was basically a series of back-and-forth emails. This time it’s a fiction eBook, A […]
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I spent the past weekend in baseball heaven: a program at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, CT. Suffice it to say, a good time was had by all the menschen who participated, both the speakers (if I may be so bold as to speak on their behalf) and the guests. Here’s […]
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I wanted to bring your attention to two authors who have pledged portions of their book sales towards helping worthy causes. * James Bailey, author of the baseball novel, The Greatest Show on Dirt, is teaming up with Books For Troops, Inc., a volunteer group that sends care packages of books to soldiers stationed in […]
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Frank, not Buzz. Entries are invited for the 2012 Baseball Film Festival at the Hall of Fame. From the press release: Baseball and the movies grew up together in America, becoming a part of the fabric of the nation that made both famous. Their shared history is on display every day at the National Baseball […]
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Having received the requisite number of responses, the Extra Innings review-a-thon is over. Please send your review to me at ron(at)ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf(dot)com at your earliest convenience. Two requests: Keep your critique to less than 500 words and avoid using profanity, even if you’re quoting from the book. Thanks and enjoy.
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Still one copy remaining (see immediately below), so if you’re interested, let me know ASAP so we can get this party started.
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Want to take a crack at writing for the Bookshelf? The first four respondents will receive a copy of Bruce Spitzer’s Ted Williams sci-fi novel, Extra Innings, either in traditional paper format or as a e-book. The caveat: they will have to write a review — 500 words or less — on the book. The […]
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Congrats to Jerry V. from Belleville, IL, winner of the RKBB Facebook friend random selection, Hit By Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball by Molly Lawless. Next up: a copy of Marty Appel’s epic Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss. Tell your friends!
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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
