Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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From the category archives:
The main baseball story profiles Joe Maddon, manager of the Eastern Division Champion Tampa Bay Rays (how many ever thought they’d hear those words strung together?). There’s a sidebar on Angels skipper Mike Scioscia as well. Other items include: A poll on who’s the best base-runner in the game. A “farewell” to Shea
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Baseball features include: A Three Nights in August-treatment of the 2007 finale between the Rockies and Padres, by Buster Olney Dodgers’ pitcher Joe Beimel on “6 things you should know about being a middle reliever” Kenny Mayne’s “Outtakes” column with Mets third baseman David Wright
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ESPN offers this interesting insight for The Magazine‘s baseball editors on their thoughts for feature stories that ran during 2008. Among the top items: The Preview Issues, fantasy and “real life” Profiles on Greg Maddux, Elijah Dukes, Eric Bedard, Brandon Webb, Joel Zumaya, Dustin Pedroia, and Francisco Rodriguez Chicago baseball The Tampa Bay Rays Rating […]
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http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2008/0929_mid.jpgAfter a lengthy absence, baseball takes its rightful place on the cover with a story about Wrigley Field. Other baseball items include: That’s right, there are none.
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Tom Verducci says goodbye to Yankee Stadium in the featured baseball article. MLB Poll: Who’s the toughest lefthander? Jon Heyman writes about Andrew Friedman, executive vice president of the Tampa Bay Rays
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The MLB Poll asks “Whos’ the worst fielder in baeball?” A Chris Ballard feature on base stealers. Ho-hum. Is anyone else dissatisfied with the new-look SI.com? From simple things such as not capitalizing properly (“Si Players Mlb Poll” instead of “SI Players MLB Poll”) to omitting pictures from the magazine-based articles, it just seems they […]
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A couple of noteworthy pieces in the Sept. 22 issue: “Chicago Style,” a collaborative effort on the White Sox and Cubs, full of entertaining factoids (102 according to the cover). “The Authenticators,” by Colin Fleming, on how to spot the real deal in the memorabilia world. including a sidebar on the Honus Wagner card
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You can read the entire issue dealing with 9/11 from the SI Vault here.
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A comparison between the 1969 New York Mets and the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays, by Lee Jenkins.
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Came across this item from the People magazine on Mickey Mantle archives and thought I’d pass it along. Although I fancy myself as a very low-end collector, I’m surprised I don;t have this among my souvenirs/ I have several newspapers from when Joe DiMaggio died, as well as Cal Ripken’s end-of-streak game, but not much […]
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Left out the fact that Chuck Klosterman writes “Why We Still Watch Baseball” in the September s edition of Esquire. He compares it to other sports and finds them wanting. Imagine a 3-0 game in the bottom of the ninth inning: The leading team is clearly in control. But if the leadoff hitter gets a […]
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In celebration of its 75th anniversary, Esquire magazine is running a series of — and on — “Page 75.” In the September issue we have a chance to recap several baseball stories that have run in the publication over the years including: “The Silent Season of a Hero,” by Gal Talese (July 1966) “What Do […]
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The Olympics still dominate, but baseball stories include: Which pitcher is the biggest headhunter in baseball? A piece on the relief corps for the Chi. Cubs Sorry, but that’s all, folks.
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Came across this piece about a comic give-away courtesy the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on the Againwiththecomics blog.
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Needless to say, the emphasis is on the Olympics and Michael Phelps, but there are still a few baseball items worth noting: MLB poll: Who’s the best catcher in the Majors? A Dan Patrick interview with Nolan Ryan Wait ’til next year: a piece on the top prospects for 2009 Sorry, that’s pretty much it. […]
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This article from Forbes reflects the tremendous increase in fan interest and, thereby, profits to be had in the minor leagues. There’s also a link to a slideshow about the 20 “best” MiLB teams.
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This social Web site allows you to read digitized versions of magazines such as Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News, among several non- baseball titles. You can post comments, send a particular article via e-mail, and other odds and ends. Wonder how long this will last. I remember another site a couple of years ago […]
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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 blog 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
* Nickling and diming and dollaring the reader
September 4, 2008
Pay for the preview privilege? Apparently Sports Illustrated thinks its entitled, raising the price for their specials by a buck, from $4.99 to $5.99, according to this item. Come on, does any serious fan still get information from the printed page? Of course, there are those who are more interested in the thoughtful prose that […]
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