Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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I gotta get back to Weight Watchers. Between injuries and ennui, my exercise habits have fallen to crap while my food intake has increased (depressed eating I believe is the popular term). I found I did pretty well when I had to keep track of what I was consuming via that support system. So, kids, […]
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In this insightful piece from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, David Biderman takes a look at new trends in ballpark food. Not the kind for you and me — we can go to nutritional hell — but for the players. Rather than unhealthy and heavy fried foods, players now have healthier options: fruits, low-sugar snacks, etc. […]
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Because I keep cookbooks on the shelf, and that’s close enough for jazz… The New York Times ran two pieces today on the food fans can expect at the new area ballparks, one for the Yankees, and one for the Mets.
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From a recent NY Times Sunday travel section, this detailed critique of ballpark food. Fans are no doubt aware of the improvement and expansion of available cuisine. The article links to a an interactive map of major league locales with suggestions on what to eat and what to avoid.
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On the 20th anniversary of the publication of Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks: The Ultimate Huide to America’s Top Baseball Parks, Baseballmusings.com reports on its author, Bob Wood. This is definitely one title in desperate need of revision, bot only because there have been so many new ballparks built since, but in the change in […]
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The front page of the Sunday NY Times‘ travel section features this piece on the expansion of ballpark food. If the days of the hot dog, peanuts, and pretzels are not quite over, they have been supplemented by regional cuisine even — gasp — vegetarian items. The article includes an interactive map for the major […]
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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 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
Busy, busy, busy
April 7, 2015
I miss you guys. It’s just been so darned busy around here lately that I haven’t had time to write. The final edits of my new book are due on Friday. I also have to work on a two-minute pitch for the Jewish Book Council which will hopefully generate interest for author appearances at JCCs, […]
Tagged as: ballpark food, Glenn Burke, John Paciorek, Mike Matheny, Tom Hoffarth, Tommy Lasorda, Who's Who in baseball
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