Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
♦ I love finding baseball-related stories in unusual publications. Here’s one from The Atlantic featuring former MLB pitcher Steve Trout and what he’s doing in his post-playing career. ♦ Here’s another from the White Coat Investor site: “I Figured My Childhood Obsession Would Make Me a Millionaire; Boy, Was I Wrong.” This harkens back to […]
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The National Baseball Poetry Festival, based in Worcester, MA, is seeking contest submissions for 2026. The festival, now entering its fourth year, is issuing a call for baseball- and softball-themed poems from adults and young writers. The contests have already logged more than 120 adult entries and more than 60 youth entries so far this […]
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SABR Day is fast approaching. The Elysian Fields Chapter (Northern New Jersey) will hold its annual event at historic Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ, on Saturday, February 7. The roster of guests includes artists Todd Radom, Ellen Lindner, and Brian Kong. Each of the trio has their own unique […]
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Heard on NPR’s Morning Edition show, March 6: “Evan Drellich’s new book sheds light on the Houston Astros cheating scandal.” I usually don’t mix baseball with politics with baseball (unless it’s in a good way), but this is important enough to me that I don’t care if I ruffle a few feathers by […]
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So after the year I’ve had, I decided to bite the bullet and venture down to SABR 50, the annual convention that should have been held in 2020 but, well, you know… I have to say, it wasn’t without a bit of trepidation. Driving was out of the question so Amtrak it was. I love […]
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Funny how things work out. If MLB had not changed the venue of the All-Star Game from Atlanta, GA, to Denver, CO, for political reasons, we would not have this wonderful event sponsored by the Tattered Cover, a collection of independent book sellers in that latter city. There are a number of programs, both virtual […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]
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Headnote: One of the thing I like about the Pandemic Baseball Book Club is that it’s a kind of “one stop shopping.” Instead of posting about various authors, projects, and events, all I’m doing here is cutting and pasting their newsletter. This one was received on September 16. Enjoy. I am posting this after one of their […]
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♦ Jim Bouton passed away a few months back, but the tributes keep coming, such as this one by Max Frankel on Offthebenchbaseball.com. And this from the Albany Herald‘s Barry Levine. ♦ Tony Award winners Billy Crudup, Tony Shalhoub, and Tony Award nominee Zachary Levi will take part in a live reading of author Don […]
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Headnote: I’ve decided to bow to the times and include separate lists for e-books and audio books. Be aware that while many titles also appear in print versions, pretty much anyone can produce an e-book these days, so I’m not going to comment at all about the quality. As far as the audio goes, I’m […]
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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
Greetings from Baltimore, Part Two: The ball game
August 21, 2022
This may get me kicked out of SABR, but I think I’ve had it with being taken out to the ball game. This is part of every convention. Sometimes more than one if the hotel is in proximity to another field. I attended the Milwaukee event and we went to Miller Park and Wrigley Field […]
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