Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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Wife and daughter are at the Sawx-Tigers game at the moment, so I thought it appropriate to haul these three reviews out of mothballs. All appeared in A Red Sox Journal, published by The Buffalo Head Society in the late 1990s. * * * Murder at Fenway Park, by Troy Soos. Kensington Publishing: NY. 1994 […]
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From Macho Row, a Phillies-centric outfit, this review on Jayson Stark’s recap of the 2008 season.
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This item popped up in my Google alerts. Fifty years ago (June 10, to be precise), Colavito — who played primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians from the mid-1950s to late 1960s — became the sixth batter in the modern era to hit four homers in one game. (By the way, this may […]
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Sorry, give me a minute here. The Mets just lost their game with the Yankees when Luis Castillo dropped a two-out POP UP that allowed two runs to score. TWO HANDS, dammit!! Anyway, my review of several books that encompass the Yankees and Mets during interleague weekend appear on the latest posting of Bookreporter.com. Titles […]
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Cover: The Mets moved into a new home this year and are rightly proud of it. Citi Field and the logo dominate (the facade also appears at the bottom of every page), with a smattering of almost-microscopic thumbnail pics of some of the Mets personnel. Not very inspiring. C A detailed description of the new […]
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The Times of Trenton published this review of Jayson Stark’s new book about the World Championship Phils.
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The main baseball article is John Heyman’s look at the recent late-inning heroics by the Yankees. Other items include a sidebar on the Tigers’ resurgence and Albert Chen’s recounting of Harvey Haddix’s non-perfect game just 50 years ago.
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From the Cardinal-centric blog, The Cardinal Nation. Upshot: [Author Doug] Feldmann’s passion and knowledge of Cardinals baseball really comes through. His parents grew up in St. Louis and southern Illinois respectively, so he appreciates the regional breadth and success of the franchise.
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The May/June issue of ForeWord Magazine, a publication that specializes in small and university presses, carries my feature on nine 2009 baseball titles, including: Under the March Sun: The Story of Spring Training High-Flying Birds: The 1942 St. Louis Cardinal Babe Ruth: Remembering the Bambino in Stories, Photos & Memorabilia Yankee Colors: The Glory Years […]
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One of the things I liked most about working for STATS Inc. was going to the ballpark, having a seat waiting for me in the press box, and being treated (almost) like any veteran member of the media. That included perks such as all matter of printed material, including media guides. For those who may […]
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From David Vincent: Bill Nowlin and David Vincent announce the publication of their new book titled “The Ultimate Red Sox Home Run Guide.” The volume is published by Rounder Books and is available through many fine retailers. The guide takes a look at Red Sox homers from the regular season to the postseason, with nearly […]
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Most of the annual previews are available as of this writing. I previously analyzed Beckett’s; here a more comprehensive look at the four I’ve purchased to date. Back in the day, the publisher printed only one cover. Now it’s easy to make one for every team or region. The examples here are for the New […]
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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
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August 22, 2009
This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 21. Title Rank General Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis 1 Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Appel 2 The Yankee Years, Torre and Verducci 3 Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, […]
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