Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.
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The Hall of Fame pitcher was born this date in 1884. He holds the record for most wins for players born on this date with 212 although he won more than 20 in a season just twice. He is also, surprisingly, second in saves (34). Bender was not too shabby at the plate either, with […]
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From the Twin Cities Daily Planet.
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The Kansas City Star published this review of Tom Swift’s biography about the turn of the (20th) century Native American pitcher. The paper also applauds the long-time efforts of the publisher in the pursuite of excellence in the baseball genre: “An unsolicited editorial remark: This book is one of the latest baseball volumes to come […]
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is available on Amazon.com,
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
