Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
When it comes to collecting baseball caps, I have specific rules. At the very least, I have to be in the state where the teams plays to be able to purchase one of them (or if someone is traveling and happens to think of picking one up for me); I can’t just go to a […]
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appears on Bookreporter.com.
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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As I say in the video, this is the second time I’ve chatted with Harvey Araton about Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball’s Greatest Gift. (The website is out of date but you’ll get a lot of info about him and his work nonetheless.) The previous Conversation was more than a decade […]
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♦ Keith O’Brien (Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and The Last Glory Days of Baseball ) wrote about the history-making “Robo-Ump” strike-zone technology for Rolling Stone. ♦ The New York Times published this book review on John Miller’s new biography, The Last Manager: How Earl Weaver Tricked, Tormented, and Reinvented Baseball, […]
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And here I thought I was so smart, that I was up on just about everything when it came to baseball off the field. Wrong. At this point, I don’t even know how I discovered The Twin Bill, which launched more than four years ago. Rather than me trying to explain, let’s get it straight […]
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A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the time I finish posting them). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes (see my piece on “Why Amazon’s search engine sucks“). In addition, occasionally […]
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There are very few who love the Mets more than I do, but even I found the hyperbole about the upcoming documentary this a bit much: In an unprecedented move that is sure to captivate baseball fans worldwide, Netflix has announced the release of a groundbreaking documentary series centered around two of the most beloved […]
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Normally I do not write about books for kids, but after reading the story mentioned below, I’m POed enough to change my tune. How small the minds of many Americans seem to have become. Pen.org is a 100+-year-old organization which, according to the site, “stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect […]
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It’s always a pleasure to speak with Jean Fruth. Whatever project she takes on is full of passion, whether it’s photographing baseball across small town America (Grassroots Baseball: Route 66) or talking with some of the greats of the game about how they got their start (Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin), or, in her latest […]
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As we approach spring training and the start of a new season, there will be lists of suggested reading. I find a lot of them fascinating. I was speaking with an author recently about working with editors. Undoubtedly, it helps to have one who’s knowledgeable on the topic. The same can be said about the […]
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Seems like the older I get, the more removed I am from the game played on the field. This is how I remember the All-Stars: And this is the way it is now: I understand everything these days is about selling merch, which is what further separates me from today’s fan. I love thumbing through […]
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Sort of. These both appeared recently on Bookreporter.com: The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era, by Andy Martino Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball, by Keith O’Brien.
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You know what? I’m not even gonna bother this week. A) Many of you are probably busy with holiday preparations. B) Nothing has changed from the Dec. 15 post, save for the order, with the exception of the inclusion of The Story of Baseball in 100 Photographs from Sports Illustrated, the only item I would […]
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As many of you know, I have been culling the herd, as it were, of my baseball books. I’ve tried selling them to the local used book store; giving them away to the local library (even dropping off a box in the dead of the night so they couldn’t refuse me); donating to the Yogi […]
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I recently posted about “Baseball TV Shows to Watch During the World Series” (hope you got them all done in time). One of the suggestions was A Whole New Ballgame, a short-lived 1995 series with Corbin Bernsen as an arrogant ballplayer working at a Milwaukee TV station during the strike (although it looks like he’s […]
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Was flattered to be asked to curate a list of books on WorldCat.org about the World Series (as well as the Phillies and Astros) in advance of this year’s Fall Classic. Worldcat is a great source of materials available in libraries around the world. In some cases, the books are available for online reading so […]
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is available on Amazon.com,
In my most recent "day job," I was the sports and features editor for a weekly New Jersey newspaper, where I hosted another blog. Busy, busy, busy.
I did a profile piece on the award-winning cartoonist Arnold Roth and he was nice enough to "immortalize" me.
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
