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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 »

Tags: Older title, Reviews from other sources

* Lest we forget: Jules Tygiel2 comments

ronkaplan wrote 2 weeks ago: His name might not be as familiar as David Halberstam or Maury Allen or other prolific baseball aut … more »

Tags: "Ripped from today's headlines...", lest we forget, Older title, Jules Tygiel

* 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 »

Tags: ballpark food, Ballparks

* 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 »

Tags: Commentary, Fiction, Magazines, Older title, baseball fiction, Philip Roth, Rick Reilly, The Great American Novel

* 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 »

Tags: lest we forget, Mark Harris, Henry Wiggen, Bang the Drum Slowly

* 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 »

Tags: obituary, Eliot Asinof

* 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 »

Tags: obituary, Older title, Eliot Asinof

* 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 »

Tags: Author Profile / interview, Mark Harris

* 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 »

Tags: Reviews from other sources, Roger Angell

* 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 »

Tags: "Ripped from today's headlines...", New York Mets, Willie Randolph

* 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 »

Tags: Older title, Reviews from other sources, "Ball Four", Jim Bouton

* 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 »

Tags: Lists, baseball fiction, Nicholas Dawidoff

* 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 »

Tags: History, Older title, Fiction, Lists, Baseball Books

* 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 »

Tags: Baseball Movies, Bits and Pieces, Commentary by Ron Kaplan, History, Internet, Lists, Memorabilia, Movies, Non-Fiction

* 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 »

Tags: Reviews from other sources, Jackie Robinson, Jules Tygiel

* 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 »

Tags: Biography, History, baseball broadcasters, Red Barber

* 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 »

Tags: Reviews from other sources, Older title, Fiction, The Natural, Bernard Malamud

* 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 »

Tags: Lists, Mini-Reviews, Baseball book list

* Because it does

ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: ‘Nuff said. … more »

Tags: Because I Can, Older title, Opening Day!


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