Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf — If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here — Page 45

The Bookshelf Conversations: Michael Stahl

"Bookshelf Conversations"

Going old school here as we return to an audio-only Conversations. A couple of years ago, I was engaged to work on the memoirs of a gentleman from the Middle East. He was in my town on an extended trip, staying at an Air BnB run by friends of ours. Just about every day after […]

Tagged as: Bartolo Colon, Michael Stahl

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 29, 2020

Note: 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 writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]

Tagged as: Babe Ruth, Jay Horwitz, Jim Bouton, Lou Gehrig, New York Mets, New Yortk Yankees, Roy Halladay, Washington Nationals, Yogi Berra

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Bookshelf Reviews: Swing Kings and Future Value

Both of which appeared on Bookreporter.com last week as one of my semi-regular baseball features.

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The Bookshelf Conversations: Curt Smith

Curt Smith and I go way back, relatively speaking. My first interview with him came in 2012 when he published Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park’s Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV. In The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House — the subject of this Conversation — he […]

Tagged as: baseball and politics, Curt Smith

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 22, 2020

Note: 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 writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]

Tagged as: Baseball Cards, Jay Horwitz, Jim Bouton, Los Angeles Dodgers, Lou Gehrig, Milwaukee Brewers, Moneyball, Rod Carew, Roy Halladay, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra

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The Bookshelf Conversations: Alan Gaff

Remember last time when I said I wasn’t going to make a whole, long intro because it was on the video and would be redundant? Nevermind. Now I’ve removed the intro from the video, preferring not to tell you what I’m going to tell you, telling you, and telling you what I wold you. You’re […]

Tagged as: Alan Gaff, Lou Gehrig

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The Bookshelf Conversations: Andy Kutler

Not going to go into a whole long intro. Seems redundant since it’s already in the video. But here’s the review I posted a while back about The Batter’s Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love, by our guest, Andy Kutler.

Tagged as: baseball in war time, Bob Feller, Washington Senators

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Lest we forget: Fred Willard

Fans

The comedy legend died Friday at the age of 86. Here he sits down with baseball writer and movie buff Rob Neyer to talk about the game he loved.

Tagged as: Fred Willard

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Lest we forget: Bob Watson

Autobiography/memoirs

The two-time All-Star, who spent 14 of his 19 big league seasons with the Houston Astros before becoming the general manager of the team in 1993, died yesterday at the age of 74. Watson also played for the Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees, and Atlanta Braves. The Houston Chronicle printed several pieces on the “Bull.” […]

Tagged as: Bob Watson, Houston Astros, New York Yankees

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 15, 2020

Note: 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 writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]

Tagged as: Bartolo Colon, Cleveland Indians, Lou Gehrig, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, Rod Carew, Ted Williams, Washington Nationals, Yogi Berra

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The Greatest Baseball Photographers of All Time

A column contributed by Ryan Tyler When it comes to the greatest baseball photos, our attention is often focused on what’s in the image. We tend to scrutinize every detail, like who’s pitching, who’s batting, who’s running after the ball, the emotions of the players, the audience, and so forth. But when you look at […]

Tagged as: baseball photography, Brad Mangin, Charles M. Conlon, Hy Peskin, Joe DiMaggio

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Bookshelf Review: Bouton

My review of Mitchell Nathanson’s new bio, Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original is now up on Bookreporter.com.

Tagged as: Ball Four, Jim Bouton

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 8, 2020

Note: 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 writing one). But close enough for government work, as the saying goes. In addition, occasionally the powers-that-be over there try to pull a fast one […]

Tagged as: Bartolo Colon, Jim Bouton, Joe Torre, Roy Halladay, Ted Williams, Washington Nationals, Willie Mays

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Bookshelf Review: The Batter’s Box

The Batter’s Box: A Novel of Baseball, War, and Love, by Andy Kutler (Warrior’s Publishing, 2019) Those of you who have been following this blog for a while know my aversion to reviewing fiction. I am not educated in creative writing and feel ill-equipped to judge the hard work of others. Unless it’s really bad. […]

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Baseball Best-Sellers, May 1, 2020

Tra la, it’s May, the lusty Month of May That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray… That’s from the Broadway production of Camelot, folks. Look it up. Note: 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 […]

Tagged as: Baseball Cards, Moneyball, Ted Williams, Washington Nationals, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra

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I have a little list

Lists

This would have happened anyway, to a degree, late March and April being the time when the media begins to offers lists of new and worthy baseball titles being released. But with a lot of us having extra time on our hands, the collections are not limited to just those books coming out in 2020. […]

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Lest we forget: Steve Dalkowski

The poster boy for cautionary tales, Steve Dalkowski died April 19 at the age of 80. Here’s The New York Times obituary by Richard Goldstein. The hard-throwing but erratic pitcher never made it to the Majors. His story appears in numerous books about “what might have been,” including Left on Base in the Bush Leagues: […]

Tagged as: Steve Dalkowski

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The Brad-y Bunch

As you know, I sometimes put together a “Review Roundup” or “Bits and Pieces” entry, collecting a number of items about baseball books, etc. This time I’m devoting the post to a single author/book: Brad Balukjian and The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife, which is getting quite the raves. […]

Tagged as: Baseball Cards, Brad Balukjian

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The Bookshelf Conversation: Keith Law

I think these things are coming along nicely, don’t you? Every time, I learn how do so something new. Fun. Most recently, I got to continue this experiment with Keith Law, author of The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves. One of the things I appreciate about […]

Tagged as: baseball analysis, baseball philosophy, Keith Law

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Bookshelf Review: Buzz Saw

My review of the new book about the Nationals’ unlikely 2019 season is up on Bookreporter.com.

Tagged as: Washington Nationals, World Series

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