Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
If there’s one thing I hate, it’s spin for the sake of saving one’s a**. Of course, this could be something coming out of Bud Selig’s PR machine, but according to an article in the New York Post claims the Commissioner’s office never threatened the Mets with fines if they wore caps honoring the first […]
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Almost done with the first go-around on Project 501. One thing that slows the process is that I want to re-read a lot of these books, which I will definitely do once I send the manuscript off to the publisher. Another thing that slows the process is that my typing skills are failing me, at […]
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who might find these Hitler parodies in poor taste, here’s one on why he hates the Cubs. Warning: Some VERY bad language ahead.
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Kevin Youkilis has been on the disabled list for awhile now, but he’s not sitting around idle: And now available: The Making Of _____.
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No, not talking about jeans here. The book project is running apace, with almost 75 percent of the first draft done. By the way, feel free to drop me a line with suggestions. As I say in the intro (or will say), these are not necessarily the best books, but the ones I feel are […]
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Because my TV is on my bookshelf… I’m not one of those fans who believes his team can do not wrong, that they should win every game (especially tough when you’re talking about baseball), crushing the opposition under their heel. My sanity does not hinge on how the Mets do. They were not expected to […]
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After all, we are the audience, the “consumers” of the “product” so to speak. From the Baseball Hall of Fame: * * * Thousands of baseball fans have already used Facebook to stay connected to their heroes at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Once again this year, baseball fans can nominate their […]
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Actually, this should have preceded the earlier piece. WARNING: Family vacation photos ahead! Spent a pleasant few days visiting Boston and the environs earlier this month. Among the highlights: On Friday, Aug. 5, we took in the Yankees-Red Sox game. It was one of the few nice days, weather-wise, for the trip, so we lucked […]
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The first two nights of the trip we spent in Newton with a vet-school friend of Faith’s. (By the way of you want a good veggie restaurant in the area, try the Red Lentil in Watertown.) We moved into our hotel on Saturday and just lazed. Sunday we were supposed visit the Museum of Fine […]
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Heading to Boston for some vacay. Talking in the Friday Yanks-Sawx game. Will try to keep current with the blog, but you never know. It will be interesting to see if the Boston book stores carry as any titles about their team as the NY stores do for the Yankees. We’ll also be taking in […]
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I contributed a couple of pieces to Mental Floss (including the July-Aug. 2002 cover story for “The Spy Issue”) when they were just knee-high to more established magazines. So I have a soft spot for the publication even if they don’t answer my calls anymore (sniff, sniff). They’ve greatly expanded and now offer a bunch […]
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but the difference in weight and shape can mess up your ceremonial first pitch, as we see here for former Major Leaguer and current author Doug Glanville.
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They never show fans running on to the field because they don’t want to encourage that sort of behavior, but sometimes it can be more entertaining than the actual game. Originally from Sports Illustrated‘s Extra Mustard blog: “A fan ran onto the field during last night’s Cardinals-Mets game. The takedown stinks, but the key here […]
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(Because you can put sheet music on your bookshelf.) So first they said that Jose Reyes had sustained a hamstring injury in Saturday’s game and we held our collective breath. Then they said it was a Grade One, the “best” kind of that injury you can have. He’d miss the Sunday game and, given the […]
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Found this quiz created Prof. Stephen R. Shalom from the William Paterson University via a link on the Mental Floss blog. Enjoy. There was a question about football, but I removed it as per my “mission statement.” * * * These are not your standard sports trivia questions. To answer these you’ll need to know […]
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“There’s no tomorrow, so it’s one of those things where you go out there and leave nothing in the tank.” That was Boston Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis. And virtually every athlete you will talk to about a Game 7 will say some variation of the same thing. So while we’re on the subject […]
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Now that I have this book deadline, I find I am spending even less time tending the garden that is this blog. I hope to remedy that shortly (sleep is overrated anyway). A taste of things to come: Back to the podcast: Look for interviews with Shawn Green, Bob Costas, Richard Goldstein, and Bill White. […]
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Came across this video of wunderkind Bryce Harper — last year’s No. 1 Draft pick by the Washington Nationals — preening and strutting after hitting a home run (he doesn’t begin his trot four four seconds). Yes, we know he’s got a lot of potential (Sports Illustrated and ESPN the Magazine cover stories). But if […]
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is available on Amazon.com,
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
Hats off to Mets, MLB for 9/11 stance — NOT!
September 12, 2011
Because you could put a commemorative hat on your bookshelf until MLB tells to you take it off. So the New York Mets wanted to show their solidarity for the commemoration of 9/11 by wearing hats from various city service organizations: NYPD, FDNY, etc. You wouldn’t think it was a big deal. After all, they […]
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