Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
BaseballReflections.com posted this review of J.C. Bradbury’s book. Upshot: While the writing is not inherently strong, Bradbury does a good job of simplifying complicated economics issues for those of us who don’t spend our lives studying these things. Overall it is a very interesting read for those who are interested in outside the box issues […]
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Sure, Plimpton wrote about things other than sports, but that’s where I remember him best. No doubt he was the inspiration for hundreds of other sportswriters to step down from their glass-enclosed press box to give the games they covered a whirl. I even took a turn, playing in a game with a men’s 35-and-over […]
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GlideMagazine.com ran this glowing review of the musical CD on various aspects of the game. The tunes (some of which are R-rated) include odes to Ted Williams, Curt Flood, Joe DiMaggio, and Sandy Koufax. Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
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It’s not a baseball book, but it got enough attention from Phil Birnbaum to link it to sabrmetrics, so here it is.
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From the Suite101.com folks. Includes non-fiction, fiction, and “bullpen” (whatever that means) choices.
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From the Joy of Sox blog.
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This one of five top choices comes from The Washington Post Book Blog, Shortstacks.
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Via Eye on Sports Media, a blog that features “News, information, and commentary on the sports media industry.”
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The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram ran this piece on Josh Hamilton’s new book, which is receiving great praise, especially locally. Hamilton, by the way, Hamilton won a Players Choice Award on Tuesday as the American League’s Most Outstanding Player. He batted .304 with 32 homers and an AL-best 130 RBIs. I’m almost glad his book came […]
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American Thinker ran this review of Harvey Frommer’s latest book. Upshot: If you love the Yankees or simply have an abiding interest in baseball, this book will provide you with many pleasurable hours of recalling memories through its many pictures and loads of interesting tidbits and anecdotes about our most storied baseball team and its […]
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From the One Minute Book Reviews blog, this mini-rev of a cuh-lassic. Upshot: “…written for adults but likely also to appeal to many teenagers.”
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RotoRob.com ran this review of Josh Hamilton’s new book, chronicling the substance abuse problems he battled, and hopefully and seemingly, mastered. In a nutshell: Whether it is a sad story with a happy ending, a story of what not to do in life, or just a story of how life can deal you many obstacles […]
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From Blogcritics Magazine, this review of Adam Beechen and Manny Bello’s new black-and-white graphic novel, Dugout, using the always amusing baseball/prison break theme {“Dug out,” get it? Har.). Upshot: Like most caper stories, Dugout is 80% build-up and 20% bang.
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From Nonfiction Comics, this piece on the graphic novel, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow.
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The book I wish I had written, reviewed on NewBaseballApparrel.com. You can read some samples of the book here.
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The Delaware County Daily Times published this review of Rich Westcott’s latest ode to the Phillies.
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The Chicago Sun-Times posted this extensive article on the Louisville Slugger Museum in, well, Louisville And when you go, bring me back a souvenir.
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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
* Book Review: Dropping the Ball
November 4, 2008
Bill Jordan of BaseballReflections.com critiques Dave Winfield’s “how-to-fix-it” title. Upshot: Overall, Winfield presents a very interesting argument and while some of his proposed bandages to this problem may be a bit much, especially at this time, he may be pointing the baseball world in the right direction. While his issues may have to take a […]
Tagged as: Dave Winfield, Dropping the Ball
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