Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
Alex Anderson, Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dies at 90 I used to love this show, even if, as a kid in the 1960s, I didn’t always understand it (there was a lot of political Cold War humor to it). The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle were the ancestors of such contemporary pop culture faves […]
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I know not many of you look at the nav bar, but I’ve added a new toy with an enhanced archive section. Give it a try.
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As the days dwindle down to a precious few, here’s an attempt at a major catch-up: I met Rob Fitts at the SABR convention in Washington, DC, last year. His specialty is Japanese baseball. Here’s his site on baseball cards. The NY Times‘ Alan Schwarz covered the convention’s always-entertaining trivia contest. You know the theoretical […]
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Well, the Mets were official eliminated from the pennant race (in April) last night. So what’s the connection with one of the classic film gems of all time? Jock Whitney played a major role in bringing GWTW to the screen. According to IMDB.com, Whitney was the major investor in Selznick International Inc., putting up $870,000 […]
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Can you figure out the connection between Gone with the Wind and the New York Mets? Answer tomorrow (or when I get around to it).
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Try as I might, I was unable to find a home from Becoming Manny. So after three attempts, I’ve decided to donate it to my local library and move on. The September FF book will be Chicago Cubs Cookbook: All-Star Recipes from Your Favorite Players, published by Triumph Books. Created as a fund-raising device for […]
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Now that Derek Jeter’s behavior has been the subject of several ethical ramblings — including Bruce Weber, author of As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires — the gloves are off (and the caps are on). Without their beloved captain and role model towing the line, the rules of propriety […]
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Since AMC’s new original series Rubicon has received such accolades, I feel a bit stupid for not liking it as much as I “should,” according to critics, but at least it has some baseball in it. Very briefly, it’s a spy show without — for me, at least — the “thriller” part. Will is the […]
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Came across this piece via Bleacher Report. I feel sorry for this gentleman for the pain he suffered, both physical and emotional, but why do people wait so long before they sue? Did anyone out there ever see The Fortune Cookie? There you go. Besides, isn’t there a disclaimer on the back of the tickets […]
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On the most recent Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Peter Sagal played “Not My Job” with Iranian stand-up comic, Maz Jobrani. Here’s the slightly-edited transcript. SAGAL: Well welcome to the show, Maz. We have asked you here to play a game we’re calling? CARL KASELL, host: Here, let me open that bottle for you. Ugh, […]
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From the AP via SI.com: Rookie right-hander Stephen Strasburg has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Washington Nationals because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder. Thursday’s move is retroactive to July 22, a day after he made his last appearance. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 amateur draft was scratched […]
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Peter Sagal, staunch Red Sox fan and host of NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, paid “tribute” to the late Yankee owner George Steinbrenner on his July 17 program. Herewith, a transcript of the segment from the “Who’s Carl this time” portion of the program: Sagal: Your last quote is from a man who was […]
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Always happy for the chance to mix baseball and philosophy, as per The NY Times Sunday Magazine’s “Ethicist” column. I coach a youth all-star baseball team. After tryouts, our league director chose the 13 best players for our team, leaving about six kids unselected. Among those is a boy whose father recently died of cancer. […]
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There are a lot of these on a similar theme. This is one of the better ones.
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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
Trivia pursuit
August 23, 2010
Bleacher Report ran this slide show on The Top 10 MLB Players Immortalized in Obscure Trivia.Very cool. Goodness knows I regularly encounter two or three trivia titles/”brain teasers” on the remainder table of my local Barnes and Noble, either on the game in general or a team or some other topic within a topic. The […]
Tagged as: trivia books
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