Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
This overview of lots of new titles by Bruce Dancis leads off with books about the scandals of the game, new and old, and includes: Facing Clemens: Hitters on Confronting Baseball’s Most Intimidating Pitcher Asterisk: Home Runs, Steroids, and the Rush to Judgment Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle To Save Baseball (surprisingly […]
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I came across this 12-year-old article from Marylaine.com on baseball novels. It’s no less relevant now, and maybe, with the hindsight of time, can offer a few suggestions that might have gone unconsidered.
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Repeating yesterday’s movie theme, here are two more lists about the top baseball flickers. The SCNow web site, serving several communities in South Carolina, posted this column by Mark Haselden in which he picks some of the classics, but adds The Sandlot and the 1994 version of Angels in the Outfield. Meanwhile, StLtoday offers this […]
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SI.com has a slide show of their fantasy baseball team comprised of movie characters. Nice idea, until you see some of their selections: Jack Elliot (Tom Sellick), in Mr. Baseball Eppy Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh (Tim Robbins), Bull Durham Dotty Hinson (Geena Davis), A League of Their Own Montgomery Brewster (Richard Pryor), Brewster’s Millions Amanda Wurlizter […]
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Granted this list of books about the Orioles comes from the University of Baltimore’s Langsdale Library, but it’s still a source for further information.
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An “all-time” list, including: Ball Four No Cheering in the Press Box, by Jerome Holtzman (an overlooked classic) Moneyball A Whole Different Ball Game, by Marvin Miller Clemente, by David Maraniss The Bill James Handbook Casey at the Bat
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From the Ground Rule Double blog, this eclectic list of favorite books, including Shoeless Joe; Ty and The Babe; We Are the Ship; The Catcher Was a Spy; I Was Right on Time; The Teammates; and Clemente.
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My five “must-reads,” as reported in the Lawrence (KS) Journal World & News.
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Several children’s titles here.
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“Baseball books for a snowy day” include: Last Days of Summer, by Steve Kluger (a novel) Shoeless Joe, by W.P. Kinsella (the basis for Field of Dreams) Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig,” a biography by Jonathan Eig Waiting for Teddy Williams, by Howard Frank Mosher (novel) Eight Men Out, by Eliot […]
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Maybe it’s the long lazy days, the lack of intensity, that lends itself to so many friendly interviews. These days I listen to the ESPN Baseball Today podcast, hosted by Peter Pascarelli, which includes at least two friendly little per show, often with a player and a manager. This morning I as I was driving […]
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From Rich Karlgaard’s “Digital Rules” column on Forbes.com, this brief recommendation for Frank Deford’s latest: You’re Entitled early each spring to read at least one good baseball book. Slide into Frank Deford’s novel, The Entitled, now out in paperback (Sourcebooks). This fine work ranks with Field of Dreams and The Natural. His praise, indeed, but […]
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In a recent “Inside Baseball” column, Sports Illustrated‘s John Donovan gives fans something in which they can take comfort: The All-Clean Team. The list includes: Alex Rodriguez Ken Griffey, Jr. Albert Pujols Frank Thomas Vladamir Guerrero Greg Maddux Pedro Martinez Ichiro Suzuki He tosses kudos to a few more, including Jeter, Glavine, Smoltz, Vizquel, Randy […]
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Since we’re heading into awards season, this seemed appropriate:The Gummies, picking the best and worst baseball card-related items of the year. Unfortunately, there’s no explanation for the picks, nor a list of the other nominees that were in the running.
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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
