Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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1892: Wilbert Robinson sets the record by going 7-for-7 and driving in 11 runs in a 25-4 beat down by the Baltimore Orioles vs. the St. Louis Browns. Uncle Robbie, by Jack Kavanaugh and Norman Macht (2000) 1959: Rocky Colavito becomes the eighth player to hit four homers in one game in the Indians 11-8 […]
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I had put off an LWF piece on the passing of Rocky Colavito because I was preparing a Bookshelf Conversation with writer and long-time Indians fan Scott Raab. But in my excitement to have my good friend on as a guest, I plum forgot about the Rock. Colavito died December 10 at the age of […]
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This item popped up in my Google alerts. Fifty years ago (June 10, to be precise), Colavito — who played primarily for the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians from the mid-1950s to late 1960s — became the sixth batter in the modern era to hit four homers in one game. (By the way, this may […]
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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
