Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
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Trying to clean up a lot of backlog here: *** From the Brooklyn-based Jewish Press, this review of Dana Brands’ Mets Fan. *** Charles C. Alexander, author of biographies on Ty Cobb, John McGraw, and Rogers Hornsby, as well as a treatise on baseball during the Depression, recently released his studious account on Tris Speaker. […]
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In addition to the Black Sox papers that mysteriously resurfaced recently, another piece of baseball history is heading to auction. Memory Lane, Inc, a Tustin, Calif. sports collectible enterprise, will be offering Christy Mathewson‘s rookie contract, dated 1900. “Vintage baseball contracts have become more sought after in recent years by collectors, and that demand has […]
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This piece from the Berkshire Eagle is a bit old, but the concept is still interesting. I’d love to get one of thee for my home. Here’s a look at the finished products. Unfortunately, I don’t get a sense of just how big these things are. Would it fit on a bookshelf? Or are closer […]
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From the Truman State University (Kirksville, Missouri ) Web site: Book exchange piles up the unexpected: The double glass doors of Eddie’s Book Exchange open a wormhole to the past. Stacks of yellowing volumes line the narrow corridors, antiques fill the dusty glass cases and rows of oil paintings cover the walls. Owner Karl Hildebrand […]
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by Mike Shannon (McFarland, 2007) As one who collects baseball books, I was happy to come across Mike Shannon’s latest offering. After reading it, however, I find myself depressed, contrary to the author’s philosophy. I — along with everyone else, according to the author — will never be a “completist,” that is one who acquires […]
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Fashion entrepreneur Marc Ecko recently purchased Barry Bonds’ 756 home run ball for more than $752,000. So what’s he going to do with it? Put it on his desk? On the mantlepiece in his home? No. Ecko, a man of the people, wants those people to have a say in the fate of said ball. […]
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I was cleaning up my basement and found this old game. Never realized it had the Roger Maris seal of approval. See it in action. Of course, the game never worked like it does in the commercial (big surprise). The spring would break, the balls would fly over the edges, and I can never remember […]
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<p>I was at my local supermarket this afternoon and saw a shocking site. Not the $1,400 / pound for truffles, but the New York Yankees Yearbook mixed in with the magazines.</p> <p><a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=800,height=600,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/00yan66.jpg”><img title=”00yan66″ height=”112″ alt=”00yan66″ src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/00yan66.jpg” width=”150″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px” /></a> I’m old enough […]
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<p><em>The Best of Baseball Digest</em>, Edited by John Kuenster (Ivan R. Dee, 2006)</p> <p></p><i.baseball></i.baseball><p><em><a href=”https://www.centurysports.net/baseball/”>Baseball Digest</a></em> has been a staple since 1942. Each month, stories from around the country have found their way into the compact publication.<a onclick=”window.open(this.href, ‘_blank’, ‘width=425,height=594,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0’); return false” href=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/bbdigest.jpg”><img title=”Bbdigest” height=”209″ alt=”Bbdigest” src=”http://baseballbookshelf.mlblogs.com/my_weblog/images/bbdigest.jpg” width=”150″ border=”0″ style=”FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px […]
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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
