Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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With five no-hitters in the book (depending on your philosophy) in the books, SI‘s cover story by Albert Chen considers the dominance of pitchers in 2010. Whoa. I was just about to link to this story and this is what I got. Will someone please tell Apple there are still a few of us who […]
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From my rival, BaseballBookReview. Upshot: Overall, The Spitball Knuckleball Book by Tom E. Mahl is a welcomed addition into the library of baseball books that exist, and will certainly make both a wonderful read for fans with an interest in the game’s history, as well a wonderful resource for those who want to dig deeper […]
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From the Bleeding Cubbie Blue blog (say that three times fast). Upshot: One of the best things about this book is the large number of photos and drawings showing knuckleball grips — you’ll be surprised at how many different ones there are, and most of them don’t use knuckles at all, but grips with fingernails. […]
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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
