Because you can keep your podcast-playing device on a bookshelf. Just in time for the annual Hall of Fame announcements, the august institution is jumping into the interactive Internet age with a new podcast. From their press release: Thanks to the power of the internet and podcasts, fans can now stay connected to Cooperstown and […]
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If you’re on Facebook, check out the Baseball Book Club group: We here at the Baseball Book Club know it’s hard to find time to read books, so we want to offer encouragement. The idea is simple. Members of the club will select a title to focus on as the Book of the Month and […]
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Somewhat belated, but nevertheless — The Yankees’ lefty, known perhaps more for swapping families than his record on the field, turned 69 recently. I was planning on posting this on his actual birthday, but wanted to find out what he was up to with his latest project. I interviewed Peterson during my stint at Yankee […]
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The most popular post on this blog was one that resulted from listening to my favorite podcast, NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, hosted by the erudite Peter Sagal, a local hero ’round these parts (who just celebrated a birthday, I might add). That particular entry involved former Major Leaguer Moose Skowron, the guest for […]
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The new RKBB podcast features an interview with author Joseph Wallace, author of Diamond Ruby: A Novel. This is Wallace’s first foray into fiction., but not baseball. His previous work includes World Series: An Opinionated Chronicle, World Series: An Opinionated Chronicle, and The Baseball Anthology: 125 Years of Stories, Poems, Articles, Photographs, Drawings, Interviews, Cartoons, […]
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Three baseball entries are among the non-fiction titles on The New York Times as “100 Notable Books of 2010.” THE LAST BOY: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood. By Jane Leavy. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Many biographies of Mantle have been written, but Leavy connects the dots in new and disturbing ways. THE LAST HERO: […]
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Willie Mays
Apologies for being a bit tardy in putting up the latest podcasts. I recently switched to a knew computer and my audio technology is a bit different and I have to find a couple of work-arounds. I hope to have that rectified soon. In the meantime, here‘s a Doug Glanville, author of The Game from Where […]
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Since the nature of the blog is to print the most recent entry first, I’m presenting the three-part interview with Jim Bouton in reverse order. http://www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/JimBoutonPart2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Since the nature of the blog is to present the most recent item first, I’m presenting the three-part interview in reverse order. http://www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/JimBoutonPart3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Slate’s very excellent sports podcast featured mostly baseball this week, including: Who’s more hated: Brett Favre or Roger Clemens Payroll vs. Performance for MLB Vin Scully, who will be back in 2011, his 62nd year behind the mike. Enjoy: Hang Up and Listen
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The Brian Lehrer Show ran this segment on Aug. 20 following the news of Roger Clemens’ indictment. The two guests on the show were Michael O’Keeffe of the New York Daily News, who collaborated on American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime, and William C. Rhoden of […]
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http://www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/LeitchPodcastPart2073010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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The first few times I encountered Will Leitch’s work, I was less than impressed. I’m old-school enough to not want to know that my favorite players (not that I have any at this point) are hanging out at bars, doing drugs, treating women badly, etc., which is what Deadspin — which he founded — seemed […]
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With apologies to Paul Simon. These came too late for Father’s Day, but I’ve noticed a lot of “father-son” themes lately. Currently reading Will Leitch’s Are We Winning: Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball, which mixes baseball and familial observations. Look for a podcast featuring an interview with Leitch late next […]
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Big League Stew, a Yahoo sports blog, conducted this audio interview with the author of Are We Winning? Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball.
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Part II, Again, sorry for the mistake in the publisher’s name. Again, the correct name is Sporting Chance Press. http://www.ronkaplansbaseballbookshelf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Pod2BCameron062310.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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Had so much fun the first time, I thought I’d try to make it a regular feature. So for this week’s RKBB podcast, I spoke with Andy Wasif, author of Red Sox Fans are From Mars, Yankee Fans Are from Uranus, and Mike Cameron, who published Private Bonehead, Public Hero: The Real Legacy of Fred […]
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December 8, 2010
Three baseball entries are among the non-fiction titles on The New York Times as “100 Notable Books of 2010.” THE LAST BOY: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood. By Jane Leavy. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Many biographies of Mantle have been written, but Leavy connects the dots in new and disturbing ways. THE LAST HERO: […]
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