Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
As in Library of Congress. Just received this email from Darren Jones, reference librarian for that august institution and am happy to pass it along: Dear Baseball Enthusiasts: With the start of the 2021 World Series later this month, we want to share with you some online resources from the Library of Congress about the […]
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The Society for American Baseball Research is celebrating its golden anniversary with a series of series. As it pertains to the mission statement of this site, here’s the take on the top 50 books of the last half-century, released earlier today. The project was spearheaded by Andy McCue, who offers this introduction: There have been […]
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The latest scourge upon us: Roving library gangs! A war of words.
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Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]
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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
