Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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In celebration of its 75th anniversary, Esquire magazine is running a series of — and on — “Page 75.” In the September issue we have a chance to recap several baseball stories that have run in the publication over the years including: “The Silent Season of a Hero,” by Gal Talese (July 1966) “What Do […]
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in 1969, Ted Williams makes his managerial debut in front of President Nixon and a crowd of 45,000 at Washington’s RFK Stadium. ‘Tricky Dick’s’ Senators are defeated by the Yankees, 8-4. (Thanks nationalpastime.com) Williams was the subject of a 1970 book, What a Baseball Manager Does, by Roy Hoopes.
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From “My Grandma’s of New England“ Pure Dark chocolate morsels are sprinkled, along with fresh walnuts, throughout the middle and atop this already luscious rich and moist chocolate batter. This cake was tasted by Hall of Famer Ted Williams, the greatest hitter in the history of baseball, and deemed worthy enough to be named “The […]
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According to The Motley Fool Web site, Jimmy Buffett, baseball’s richest fan, takes his from a classic baseball title One key factor for Buffett’s success is his keen instinct to go only for investments where all the stars align; the no-brainer situations Buffett refers to as “the fat pitch.” Buffett has a simple explanation for […]
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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
