Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

One of those unicorns who never played in the minors, Bob Horner — Rookie of the Year in 1978 and an All-Star in 1982, mostly for the Atlanta Braves (1978-86) — died May 29 at the age of 68, which is terrifying to me because I’m older than that. Here’s his obit from The New […]

Lately I’ve been collecting the baseball preview issues of Sports Illustrated. As you can imagine, some are more expensive than others. I have an upper limit on how much I’ll spend but I’ve been happy with the results. The latest arrivals include 1957, 1958, 1965, 1968, and 1970. Aside from the wonderful writing and the […]

Because they can go right next to a bookshelf. An advert for a company that produces what looks like cool metal “posters” popped up on my Facebook feed. With my birthday fast approaching, I thought I would treat myself. I was curious to see if they included two of my favorites: Hank Greenberg and Sandy […]

Amazon keeps changing the way they report, so that will be mirrored here. Sometimes there will be rankings of Kindle and audio-books on baseball, other times, not. A reminder: The Amazon rankings are updated every hour, so these lists might not be 100 percent accurate by the time you read them (or even by the […]

Blame it on my dog, Nellie. I was walking her in the morning and did something I never do. Normally I would listen to a podcast or some music on our outing. But this time I was reading an article in The New York Times. And I mean the print edition, not on the app. […]