The latest “501” Q&A with Tim Wiles, co-author of “Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’,” is now available for your listening pleasure.
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Author profile/interview by Ron Kaplan
501 update: Q&A with Tim Wiles
February 1, 2013
501 update: New author interviews
February 1, 2013
Posted two more author interviews to the 501 Baseball Book site: Sean Manning, editor of Top of the Order: 25 Writers Pick Their Favorite Baseball Player of All Time and Peter Schilling Jr., author of The End of Baseball: A Novel. You can hear them by visiting the 501 author Q&A page. The list so […]
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501 Q&A with Marty Appel
January 14, 2013
Marty Appel is one of those guys who seems to have his finger in every pie. He has worked as the PR director for the New York Yankees, established his own public relations empire, and co-authored or written more than 30 books.Two of those — Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, […]
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A is for Appel (501 update)
January 11, 2013
Marty Appel, author of Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, Reggie and George and Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss (as well as many other titles), will be the first guest on the 501 Discussions Podcast. I’ll be speaking with him next week […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: David Ferry/Greg Prince
December 9, 2012
I haven’t done one of these in awhile. Part of it has been working on my own book (I’m almost done with the indexing), part of it was being without the computer (kind of surprised it’s lasted this long). So as a way to compensate, this episode is something of a Mets doubleheader. We have […]
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Program reminders
December 6, 2012
Tonight 7 p.nm. at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, Ray Negron will discuss his new book, Yankee Miracles: Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers. I’ll have to read that one soon and compare it with Marty Appel’s Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, Reggie and George. Next at the Clubhouse: […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Joe Schuster
October 21, 2012
Those who are regular readers of the Bookshelf know I rarely deal with fiction. It’s not that I don’t like it (although in many cases I feel the ability to self-publish so easily and inexpensively leads to an overload of stimulation — just too much stuff); it’s simply that I feel inadequately educated to comment […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Ray Robinson
September 19, 2012
The High Holy Days are upon us and each year brings the inevitable question: will the handful of Jewish Major Leaguers play on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, or will they sit? The most prominent stars to refrain from taking the field during this time were Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax […]
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The Bookshelf interview: Ronnie Joyner
August 13, 2012
Ronnie Joyner is the author/artist of Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers: 333 Illustrated Baseball Biographies, published earlier this year by McFarland. It’s a throw-back to a time when newspapers regularly ran drawings of athletes with a few factoids. Joyner was kind enough to quench my curiosity about the craft. * * * * * […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Neal McCabe
July 26, 2012
Before there was film, before there was even television, photography was the only means by which fans could see the players. The medium was still developing (pardon the pun), so the men (almost exclusively), who snapped their shutters were still learning about such things as angles, speed, placement, composition, etc. One of the early pioneers […]
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Major League franchises: Not just for the big boys anymore
July 25, 2012 · 4 comments
Former MLB pitcher Dave Baldwin, author of the memoir Snake Jazz, and SABR member Eric Sallee have a new venture: they are part of a group seeking to bring a Major League franchise to their small town of Yachats, OR (population: 688) Baldwin has created a new web presence to chronicle the efforts: Welcome to […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Arnold Hano
July 8, 2012
As mentioned in a previous post, Arnold Hano wrote one of the must-read books for any serious student of the national pastime. A Day in the Bleachers was the first, and in many ways the best, of the single-game analyses genre. His deconstruction of the first game of the 1954 World Series between the New […]
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Art exhibition: Kadir Nelson’s We Are The Ship
July 6, 2012
Drawings from Kadir Nelson’s fascinating and beautifully done 2008 children’s book about the Negro Leagues will be on display at the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum through Aug. 26. Here’s the link to an interview I did with Nelson in 2009.
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Marty Appel
June 15, 2012
Marty Appel is no stranger to the Bookshelf. I’ve met him on several occasions and his work as an author and publicist has often appeared on the blog. Now I’m pleased to report on perhaps his most significant achievement to date: Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Wayne Coffey
June 13, 2012
I have to admit, when I first heard that R.A. Dickey’s memoir, Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball, contained information about his sexual abuse as a child, I thought, “Here we go again. Another celebrity who has to come up with an angle to sell his otherwise average […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Dave Anderson and Bob Woods
June 13, 2012
With Father’s Day quickly approaching I thought I’d concentrate on a couple of books that would be great for dad. Perhaps mores o if he’s a fan of the Bronx Bombers, but these would be just as appropriate if he’s a student of baseball history as well as baseball cards, respectively. I’m speaking of The […]
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Coming soon to a podcast near you
June 13, 2012
With Fathers Day upon us, and a few prominent author appearances on the horizon, I’ve been scrambling to put up some relevant podcasts. So rather than putting up one this week, there will be a few including: Wayne Coffey, co-author of R.A. Dickey’s notable memoir, Wherever I Wind Up Marty Appel, Pinstripe Empire, which is […]
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Tagged as: Dave Anderson, Marty Appel, New York Times, Pinstripe Empire, Topps, Wayne Coffey, Yogi Berra Museum
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Honoring him who honors the veterans
June 7, 2012
Rob Neyer at SB Nation posted this item about Gary Bedingfield, host of Baseball in Wartime and author of Baseball’s Dead of World War II: A Roster of Professional Players Who Died in Service. Awhile back I had a chance to e-chat with Bedingfield, a native of Great Britain, about his interest in paying tribute […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Paul Staudohar
June 4, 2012
There are numerous staples of baseball fiction: Kinsella and Lardner immediately come to kind, with contributions from writers that might surprise, such as Garrison Keillor and George Plimpton, both known for their work in other genres. Then there are the newcomers, putting more contemporary spins on a game that’s been around fore more than 150 […]
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The Bookshelf Podcast: Dan Ewald
May 21, 2012
The first celebrity interview I ever did was with Sparky Anderson. I got my freelance start doing book reviews (surprise, surprise), which led to author interviews, which led me to Anderson, who had just come out with They Call Me Sparky (1998). As one might expect in the presence of greatness, I was a bit […]
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