Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
Just shows how lazy I’ve been. Adding the latest “Bookshelf Conversations” — Andrew Forbes, Kostya Kennedy, Howard Megdal, and Bill Chuck — I noticed how outdated many other items are, such as “What I’m reading now” (always multiple books, like being back at school); “Recently reviewed”; as well as links to authors’ sites and other […]
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As I prepare for my baseball review feature for Bookreporter.com, I went back to Amazon to see what would make for interesting reviews. The parameters are that they have to have a release date of May or earlier. Here is where I voice my standard criticism of Amazon’s search function: If they can put a […]
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Since I have so much time on my hands these days, I have given the sidebar an update. There you will find links to Bookshelf Conversations Recent books read Authors’ and publishers’ websites and blogs Various sites, both related to baseball and not It’s still a work in progress but it’s getting there.
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Just renewed the domain for another year, so to make it worthwhile I guess I should be posting more often, and not just “Lest We Forget.” I don’t seem to have the free time to read as I did when I was working as a journalist, which is kind of weird, considering these days I’m […]
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Apropos of my recent complaint about Amazon’s search boondoggle, FB friend Jim Meier sent along this helpful hint: I saw your blog post about searching for baseball books published in 2020 and your frustrations with Amazon. I share your pain about getting more precise search results. You may have already found a solution to your […]
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As I mentioned in the previous post, I was looking into baseball titles that came out during the year. So why not kill two birds with one stone with my occasional looks ahead. So looking ahead to 2021, in no particular order: Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood, by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan […]
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Headnote: One of the thing I like about the Pandemic Baseball Book Club is that it’s a kind of “one stop shopping.” Instead of posting about various authors, projects, and events, all I’m doing here is cutting and pasting their newsletter. This one was received on September 16. Enjoy. I am posting this after one […]
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and kiss me once again, it’s been a long, long time. I was going to say, “Kids, ask your grandparents,” but apparently it appears in several Marvel universe movies, including Endgame. Who knew? I’ll have to see it now. I wonder if this will kick off renewed interest in Big Band era music. I’ve always […]
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Had a great time in Old London Town last week. Tried to get some baseball stuff going over there, but it was a fool’s errand. The British Baseball Federation website had an address that was years-old. I found that out the hard way, making a trip out there in hopes of exchanging a copy of […]
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For a collection of books about baseball in the 1930s? Here’s your chance at this on-line auction. However, there’s no list of the exact titles and if this picture — which accompanies the bidding — is any indication, the books are not just about that era. And here’s the caveat from the site: ” This […]
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I don’t like Jason Turbow. Like Jeff Katz and Dan Epstein, he makes me feel old. Used to be that baseball nostalgia was reserved for the Brooklyn Dodgers — “The Boys of Summer” — and the New York Yankees of Mantle, Maris, Ford, and Berra. But thanks to these guys, nostalgia now seems to be […]
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Now available: At long last I’m happy to announce the official release of my latest book, Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War. Support your local local bookstore and tell your friends! Merci. Save Save Save Save
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One of these days I’ll get to a session of The Great Fenway Park Writers Series. The next one features ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian to discus his newest book, I’m Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies: Inside the Game We All Love. The program will be held December 1, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Residence […]
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Mabel Ball, born the year the Cubs had last won the World Series, died Tuesday at Covenant Village of Northbrook.
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NOTE: I have been posting these things long enough now that a few have commented that the introductory section isn’t necessary anymore. But I’m leaving it in because, to paraphrase Joe DiMaggio when asked why he played so hard all the time, there may be people who’ve never read the best-seller entries before. So on […]
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My entry Read All About It: Blogs That Will Keep You Up on Baseball Books runs as part of The Baseball Continuum’s Blogathon For Charity, benefiting the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, the charitable arm of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Dozens of bloggers participated in this worthy effort, offering an amazing array of topics from the serious […]
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Wonder if there will be a new bio if he ever gets inducted into the real Hall of Fame? After all, it was only a year ago that Robert Burk published Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary. Anyway, from the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (of which I am a life-member): IBWAA VETS COMMITTEE SELECTS MARVIN […]
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Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]
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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
