Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
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It was a shocker to see the breaking news on CNN on Monday that James Earl Jones had passed away. The tributes that followed seemed to highlight two roles: Darth Vader from the Star Wars universe and Terrence Mann from Field of Dreams. But Jones, who died at the age of 93, was also in […]
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Hi. Remember me? It’s been awhile. Couldn’t blame you if you didn’t. Long story short, I spent the last month after my regular job working with a gentleman on his memoirs. Nobody you know, so don’t bother trying to figure out who. Nothing baseball, or even sports, oriented. It was truly an educational experience, since […]
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Hard to believe it’s only been 20 years since this minor classic came out. That means that the actors, for the most part, are still not yet 40. The movie got the treatment in Sports Illustrated‘s annual “Where Are They Now” issue and has also been the subject of articles from Yahoo Sports and others. […]
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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
