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* What he did during the All-Star vacation
From The Juice blog on Baseball Toaster: Let’s start with a baseball book. You should read Buzz Bissinger’s (yeah, that guy) Three Nights in August. It’s not a perfect book, as Bissi… more »
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* What he did during the All-Star vacation
ronkaplan wrote 1 day ago: From The Juice blog on Baseball Toaster: Let’s start with a baseball book. You should read Buz … more »
* Lest we forget: Jules Tygiel
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ronkaplan wrote 2 weeks ago: His name might not be as familiar as David Halberstam or Maury Allen or other prolific baseball aut … more »
* Those 'Dodger Dogs' keep repeating...
ronkaplan wrote 2 weeks ago: On the 20th anniversary of the publication of Dodger Dogs to Fenway Franks: The Ultimate Huide to Am … more »
* Life imitates art
ronkaplan wrote 4 weeks ago: In the current issue of ESPN The Magazine, Rick Reilly writes about a high school pitcher who delibe … more »
* Lest we forget: RK on Mark Harris
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: Mark Harris, author of Bang the Drum Slowly and other seminal works of adult baseball fiction, passe … more »
* And more on Asinof
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: From the Washington Post (includes a silly two-picture slide show; what was the point of that?). The … more »
* RIP, Eliot Asinof
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: The author of the watershed book on the Black Sox Scandal died yesterday at the age of 88. Asinof pu … more »
* Remembering Mark Harris
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: The author of the Southpaw trilogy died May 30, 2007. I thought this would be an appropriate time to … more »
* Review: A Summer Game
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: Speaking of oldies, here’s a blast from the past: Roger Angell’s collection of baseball … more »
* Suggested reading for Mets players
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: This piece from Bloomberg.com suggests that Willie Randolph follow the example of Lakers’ coac … more »
* Review: Ball Four
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: A blast from the past courtesy of the Lansing State Journal. Upshot: …[O]ne book is not respon … more »
* Nicholas Dawidoff picks his favorite baseball fiction
ronkaplan wrote 1 month ago: In a May 3 piece for The Wall Street Journal, Dawidoff — author The Catcher was a Spy: The Mys … more »
* Now we're talkin'
ronkaplan wrote 2 months ago: I came across these posts from The Bronx Banter portion of The Baseball Toaster and The Hardball Ti … more »
* Catching up, Part 1
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: There’s a lot of material that’s fallen by the wayside as I try to keep this blog fresh … more »
* Review: Baseball's Great Experiment
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: I always get a kick out of seeing an old book “discovered” by a new generation of fans/r … more »
* On this date
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: in 1934, WSAL hires Red Barber to broadcast Cincinnati Reds games. The Amazon Report on Red Barber: … more »
* Review: The Natural
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: Another oldie but goodie, this one from Play by the Book, a blog of books and baseball. … more »
* Baseball book roundup: PhillyBurbs.com
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: An “all-time” list, including: Ball Four No Cheering in the Press Box, by Jerome Holtzm … more »
