Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
From the category archives:
There’s a scene in the Steve Martin classic, The Jerk, in which… well, watch for yourself: Now just substitute “The Huffington Post” for the phone book, and my name for “Navin R. Johnson,”and that’s kinda how I feel about having my first piece published there. (Although I hope no one will want to take a […]
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Ron Blomberg turns 62 today. The Yankee favorite published his memoirs — Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story — with Dan Schlossberg in 2006. Catcher Ed Hearn, who wrote about his struggles with kidney disease in Conquering Life’s Curves: Baseball, Battles & Beyond in 2000, hits the big five-oh. Hall of Famer George Kell published […]
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The Giants’ third baseman turns 24 today.
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Yes, I’ll be away, but I’ll be reading and thinking of you, my friends. If I have a chance, and can find a wi-fi spot in the middle of nowhere, I’ll post. Back soon.
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One of the Amazin’ Mets, Jones turns 68 (!). Cleon, by Jones Mets from Mobile : Cleon Jones and Tommie Agee, by A.S. “Doc” Young
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Please forgive the little glitches as we move the Bookshelf. You know how it is, you have to take everything out, move it, and put everything back in place again. It always seems to take longer than planned. So, please, if you see anything amiss, let us know. The WordPress-hosted version was quite simple; now […]
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Scenes from the Sangster International Airport in Jamaica. Of course, I never actually saw or heard about any baseball being played in country. According to baseball-reference.com, only four Jamaican-born players — Chili Davis, Justin Masterson (1-7 with the Indians last year), Rolando Roomes, and Devon White — have made it to the Majors.
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This week’s best-selling baseball books, according to Amazon.com as of Sunday, March 7. Sorry, bit behind as I move things over to this site. Title Rank General Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend, by James S. Hirsch 1 Baseball Prospectus 2010 2 Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, The Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 […]
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Spent the week of Nov. 16 at Yankee Fantasy Camp (much more on that later). Ran into Bryan Hoch, who covers the Yankees for MLB.com. I first met Hoch in the press box at Shea Stadium more than a decade ago when he was an enterprising 19-year-old and I was part-timing for STATS Inc. Hoch […]
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This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, October 9. Title Rank General The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, by Joe Posnanski 1 Game Six: Cincinnati, Boston, and the 1975 World Series: The Triumph of America’s […]
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Born this date (or not) in 1906. Paige has returned to the public eye thanks to Larry Tye’s excellent new biography. Here’s a brief review from Booklist, the magazine of the American Library Association (thanks to Greg Spira for the tip). And one more go around — for the time being, at least — on […]
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That is, according to this entry onthe Yankee-centric RiverAvenueBlues blog regarding Peter Golenbock’s latest release,George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankees Empire. Why isn’t George higher up on my reading list? Other than having more interesting books ahead of it, there’s another reason: factual accuracy. Murray Chass (h/t BBTF) points to Goldenbock’s […]
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Can you think of any better way for our elected officials in Washington to spend their time and our money these days on more hearings about baseball and PEDs? According to several articles, including this one from Newsday (Feb. 10): Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) plans to recommend to the head of the congressional committee that […]
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John Updike, one of the great writers of the 20th century, passed away yesterday at the age of 76. Although he was known primarily for his novels, particularly his series of “Rabbit” books, Updike found the time to write one of the most famous (baseball) essays of all time. “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu,” about […]
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From Triumph books, again: The New York Mets may have lost out on reaching the playoffs for the second time in as many seasons, but the team is still important enough to have two upcoming books published revolving around the 2008 historic season: and So Long, Shea and Shea Good-Bye. So Long, Shea: Five Decades […]
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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
Bits and pieces
September 17, 2010
Spurred on by the hubbub around the 40th anniversary of Ball Four, Delia Cabe, who hosts the Creative Type blog at Boston.com, had this piece about the best baseball books, not just from her POV, but from those of local celebrities and others. And as the Baseball Reliquary program heralding that anniversary beckons, look for […]
Tagged as: Ball Four, Negro league baseball, Rube Foster
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