Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
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General: Watching Baseball Smarter, by Zack Hample. Moneyball, by Michael Lewis Yankee for Life: My 40-year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer. Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Santasiere and Vancil. The Natural, by Bernard Malamud. Essays and Writings: Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book. Ball Four, by Jim Bouton. The New Bill James Baseball Abstract. […]
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Ugh. That “forever” word. Anyway, this review comes courtesy The Joy of Sox blog.
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General: Moneyball, by Michael Lewis Yankee for Life: My 40-year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer. Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Santasiere and Vancil. The Natural, by Bernard Malamud. The Science of Hitting, by Ted Williams and John Underwood. Essays and Writings: Ball Four, by Jim Bouton. Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book. The Mental […]
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The article includes titles that run the gamut from statistics to biography to stadium appreciation. For a list, actually, then reviews, but good suggestions.
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As you know if you’ve been reading this blog for awhle, I find the words “greatest” or “best” annoying. Totally subjective. “Complete” is also an oxymoron: until the very end of that particular item, how can something ever be complete? Add to that subsequent “volumes” of books that have only been writen recently; how can […]
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From BookClubClassics.com, this list of fiction and non-fiction classics. No reviews, just links to Amazon.
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General: Yankee for Life: My 40-year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer. T Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Santasiere and Vancil. Living in the Black, by John Feinstein. Yankee Stadium: A Tribute: 85 Years of Memories, 1923-2008, by Les Krantz. The 33-Year Old Rookie, by Chris Coste Essays and Writings: You Can Learn a […]
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General: Yankee for Life: My 40-year Journey in Pinstripes, by Bobby Murcer. The passing of the former ballplayer puts this one on top. Yankee Stadium: The Official Retrospective, by Santasiere and Vancil. The closing of the ballpark makes this subgenre hot. But why don’t they wait until the final season is over, which would complete […]
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from the Columbia (SC) State. I’ve often thought what I should do with my baseball library. Maybe this is an idea: The museum is a collection of Jackson memorabilia and personal items. The library contains books donated by baseball aficionados across nation.
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From the pages of Sports Illustrated.
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This Friday, June 13. Please join us for a chance to win 2 free Cubs tickets, as well as meet author Lew Freedman of the highly acclaimed book, Then Ozzie Said to Harold: The Best Chicago White Sox Stories Ever Told. Tinley Park High School’s Baseball Team will conduct a treasure hunt in-store, as well […]
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include Tales from the Colorado Rockies, The Summer Game by Roger Angell, and three “must-haves” (according to the writer): “October 1964, by the late, great David Halberstam; Babe: The Legend Comes to Life, by Robert W. Creamer; and Clemente, by David Maraniss.”
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From Orlandosentinel.com. Sorry, but are the majority of baseball books “bathroom reading?” Certainly the sports page is, so by extension… Think about it: most baseball content is relatively short, full of numbers, and don’t require the deep thought that comes with more time to digest, so to speak.
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I came upon this completely by accident. When you open a document in Adobe Acrobat Reader (I use version 8.1.2 and don’t know if this feature appears in earlier versions) and click on “View,” the damn program reads the document to you! It’s not foolproof, doesn’t work with every document — it seems to be […]
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for those interested in such things. Spring 2008 Newsletter This issue’s reviews and features include: Dreaming Baseball, by James Farrell. Reviewed by Leverett T. Smith, Jr. Baseball Magic, by Jay Martin. Reviewed by Robert W. Hamblin. Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, The Lies, and Everything Else, by Rob Neyer. Reviewed by […]
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Catching up a bit: Bob Murcer’s autobiography as reviewed on MLB.com The Griddle on Baseballtoaster.com considers Peter Morris’ latest, But Didn’t We Have Fun? wickedlocal.com, a Massachusetts Web site, reports on an appearance by author Jim Collins at a Cape Cod high school. Collins is the author of The Last Best League: One Summer, One […]
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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
