Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
Because they can go right next to a bookshelf. An advert for a company that produces what looks like cool metal “posters” popped up on my Facebook feed. With my birthday fast approaching, I thought I would treat myself. I was curious to see if they included two of my favorites: Hank Greenberg and Sandy […]
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Here are a few gems from recent Sports Collectors Daily alerts: “Bobby Murcer: A Yankee Life in 7 Cards“ “Aaron Judge 1/1 Superfractor Sells for $838,750 — The Feel-Good Story Behind It” (I wonder: will these cards be worth anything when the zombie apocalypse comes?) “Packed Dodgers Fan Photo Album at Auction Takes You Back […]
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Some of you may know my “rules” about acquiring the caps that line the walls of my office: I (or people who gift me) at least have to be in the state where the teams plays. I don’t necessarily have to be in the stadium or even city, but I can’t just go to a […]
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Because you could obviously put one of these on your bookshelf… I have a few baseball-themed drinking containers on my shelves, but this cup will not be among them. (The belt is a nice touch.) It goes for $75 at Dodger Stadium but I took this picture from eBay, where it’s listed for $239 plus […]
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In the “here’s something you don’t see every day” category: With so many books, it’s a rare thing when Publisher’s Weekly does something with a baseball title, but here’s what they had to say about Death in the Strike Zone: The Mystery of America’s First Baseball Hero, by Thomas Gilbert. From America Magazine: The Jesuit Review […]
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I’ve been very good… Newly Uncovered T206 Honus Wagner Heads to Auction According to the article, the bidding will start at
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One of the upshots of being home these past few months recovering from surgery was that I could watch as much baseball as I wanted, particularly games on the west coast. But I couldn’t keep my eyes open for the very exciting 6-5, 18-inning Dodgers win in Game Two of the World Series. I’m not […]
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I must be getting old. As I was preparing a post about Japanese baseball culture, I referred to the trip I took to that country earlier this year. It was a thrilling two-week experience which included the opportunity to acquire and visit a lot of baseball. But lo and behold, when I went to link […]
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I guess I’m going into my second (or is it third? Fourth?) childhood. Been visiting eBay looking for various baseball cards sets, primarily Topps Heritage which recreates old set designs with contemporary players such as this one which hearkens back to the 1972 series. So what a coincidence to come across this article — “Best Books […]
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Two men who spent most of their playing days with the Dodgers — the former in Brooklyn, the latter in LA — passed away recently. Tommy Brown is in the record books as the youngest position player in Major League history. During World War II, when many established players were in the military, youngsters like […]
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Former New York mayor Rudy Guiliani is in trouble. For a change. “A federal judge on Monday held Rudolph W. Giuliani in contempt of court for failing to cooperate in the handover of $11 million of his personal assets to Georgia poll workers he falsely accused of helping to steal the 2020 presidential election,” according […]
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This popped up on my daily Google alerts for baseball book-related stuff from Fine Books & Collections: “Early Baseball Sheet Music, Arrowsmith’s Maps, JFK Presentation Copy: Auction Preview” Image: Potter & Potter — “The earliest known baseball lithograph, for “The Live Oak Polka,” offered at Potter & Potter this week.” According to the accompanying story […]
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While looking for Robert Benson’s The Game for last week’s BBS post, I found my collection of baseball annuals, specifically Street and Smith’s Official Baseball Yearbook for 1975. What a treat. The articles included profiles of Frank Robinson and designated hitters; Lou Brock’s 118 stolen bases and the impact that had on other thieves in […]
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What is this world coming to? It was bad enough when Sports Illustrated laid off many of the staff that made the magazine “illustrated” to begin with. I was bad enough when it went from a weekly to a bi-weekly to a monthly to just online. But now? “Sports Illustrated lays off most of its […]
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Since it was fairly moderate yesterday I decided to tool around the attic in yet another attempt to purge. That’s where I have the bulk of my library as well as other baseball-related items, including a foot locker of baseball cards. Problem with trying to clean up is that you get caught up in a […]
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Every now and then I think of what might have been. I paid for my wife’s engagement ring with the money I received by selling my 1968 Topps set. A good investment. People of my generation know what other goodies came with the cards at a time when it was rare to just buy a […]
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♦ Soon to be a major motion picture? “For Maggi, 1st MLB hit proves ‘you can do anything’” ♦ The ReviewGeek judges Cross Game, by Mitsuru Adachi, among the best sport mangas. ♦ Speaking of the late Vin Scully, how will you do on this quiz about baseball broadcasters from the Chicago Sun-Times? Warning: it […]
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From Forbes: “Vintage Baseball Volumes To Bring High Prices At Rare Books Fair.” From Valley News, which covers the Vermont/New Hampshire area: “Baseball odyssey: Book recounts summer of epic road trip.” From the Culpeper, VA Star Exponent: “Pete Hill: Black Baseball’s First Superstar features Culpeper Hall of Fame slugger In Publisher’s Weekly, author David Kelly […]
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Does anyone else have these? I have a number of posters that I’ve been hanging in the stairwell to my basement office and came across these 2′ x 3′ jobs that I can only imagine acquiring via sending in box tops from Kelloggs cereals. They’re kind of cool but as the last images are from […]
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And it is holiday time… Babe Ruth baseball glove sells at auction for record $1.53 million. Not quite as expensive ($44 each plus a flat-rate shipping charge of $8 per order). National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum honors Hank Aaron And how appropriate is it that these two legends appear together in this […]
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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
