Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf — If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here — Page 33

The Bookshelf Conversations: Kostya Kennedy

"Bookshelf Conversations"

Hard to believe it’s been 75 years since Jackie Robinson’s debut. I sometimes think about the veterans of World War II and how old they have to be to have served back in the early 1940s; Robinson would have been 102 this year. Where does the time go? There have probably been more books written […]

Tagged as: Jackie Robinson, Kostya Kennedy

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 29, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

Tagged as: Howard Bryant, Rickey Henderson

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PSA for the PBBC, April 28, 2022

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 weekly newsletter. Do take a moment to read the author Q&A. I find them particularly […]

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PSA for the PBBC, April 22, 2022

Pandemic Baseball Book Club

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 weekly newsletter. Do take a moment to read the author Q&A. I find them particularly […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 22, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, April 8, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

Tagged as: Jackie Robinson

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PSA for the PBBC, April 8, 2022: Nightcap

Pandemic Baseball Book Club

(See “Game One“) Oops. Left off the “Headnote” I had been including with previous PBBC PSAs. Here it is: 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 […]

Tagged as: Pandemic Baseball Book Club

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PSA for the PBBC, April 8, 2022: Game One

Pandemic Baseball Book Club

Mixed feelings about the return of the Pandemic Baseball Book Club. On the one hand, it’s nice to see another year of this great resource to authors and their projects that might not get the attention they deserve because of Covid, even if things are “getting better.” On the other hand, Covid. With that, here […]

Tagged as: Pandemic Baseball Book Club

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Lest we forget: Joan Joyce

"Ripped from today's headlines..."

The softball legend who once struck out Ted Williams in an exhibition appearance, died March 26 at the age of 81. Unfortunately, no video exists for that event. Today it would be all over the internet. According to the obituary in today’s New York Times, For 10 to 15 minutes, Williams, a left-handed hitter, swung […]

Tagged as: Joan Joyce, Ted Williams

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 25, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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Roll ’em!

Movies

Herewith another list of “great” baseball movies, this one from Collider.com. Different strokes for different folks. The list includes a few odd choices that rarely show up when thinking about “great” flicks, including the Disney saccharin remake of Angels in the Outfield and Rookie of the Year.

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 18, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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Better late than never or “nevermind”?

Because of MLB’s recent labor problems , I really didn’t expect to see the regular baseball annuals come out at the usual time — late January, early February. I was at my local CVS and while waiting for prescriptions, I found the new Lindy’s 2022 Preview issue. The website said these were available Feb. 23 […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 11, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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SABR announces Chadwick Award winners

James E. Brunson III, Jane Leavy, and Daniel Okrent have been named recipients of the Society for American Baseball Research’s esteemed Henry Chadwick Award, “established to honor the game’s great researchers … for their invaluable contributions to making baseball the game that links America’s present with its past.” Leavy is the author of biographies about […]

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Coming down the pike, update

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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Baseball Best-Sellers, March 4, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, February 25, 2022

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. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, February 18, 2022

Of all things: I couldn’t post last week because the Amazon rankings weren’t available. Oh well. 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, […]

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Java Jive

The expression “a cup of coffee” is defined in The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition) as “A brief trial in the major leagues by a minor league player…. The phrase seems to have derived from the observation that a young player’s first taste of the major leagues is usually quite short, figuratively just long enough […]

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