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06/19/2024

Just heard: Willie Mays has died at the age of 93.

My review of "The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness" just dropped on Bookreporter.com.https:...
06/15/2024

My review of "The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness" just dropped on Bookreporter.com.

https://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/the-last-of-his-kind-clayton-kershaw-and-the-burden-of-greatness

Clayton Kershaw has embodied the burden of athletic greatness, the prizes and perils that await those who strive for it all. He is a three-time Cy Young award winner, the first pitcher to win National League MVP since Bob Gibson, and a surefire, first-ballot Hall of Famer. In an age when baseball be...

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"This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. "It USED to be simple.
05/13/2024

"This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball. "

It USED to be simple.

woo hoo.
04/27/2024

woo hoo.

04/16/2024

To my fellow baseball fans: when did "defensive indifference " become a thing?

The latest from Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
04/15/2024

The latest from Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

I've may have mentioned a project I'm working on: collecting obituaries of ballplayers that have appeared in The New York Times with the notion of how a player is identified in the opening lines. Here's what Bruce Weber had to say in today's edition, which had a

04/12/2024

Don't you wish you were THAT wealthy that you wouldn't notice someone stealing $16 million from you?

I don't "get" poetry, but once in a while...
04/05/2024

I don't "get" poetry, but once in a while...

Posted on April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 by adminSo Much For That by Ron Kaplan It’s Opening Day Your favorite team loses No perfect season Ron Kaplan, among much other writing, writes and maintains Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf.   CategoriesHaiku, The Game Itself

Given the likes of Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and Sam McDowell, I find that Shane Beiber joining Corey Kluber and Stan Covel...
03/20/2024

Given the likes of Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, and Sam McDowell, I find that Shane Beiber joining Corey Kluber and Stan Coveleski as the only pitchers in Cleveland's history to start five consecutive openers somewhat surprising.

Shane Bieber will start the Guardians' season for the fifth straight season.

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