“Bookshelf Conversations” – Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

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If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.

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  1. Feb 17

    The Bookshelf Conversations #206: Mike Shannon

    Mike Shannon and I go way back. One of the first book reviews I ever had published was with Spitball Magazine, where he serves as editor-in-chief. He is also one of the only Bookshelf Conversation guests I have ever broken bread with. A few years back, I had the opportunity to attend a CASEY Awards ceremony […]

  2. Jan 16

    The Bookshelf Conversations #203: Robert Fitts

    I always enjoy chatting with creative types about their various baseball projects, but this was was even more fun because I got to relive last year’s trip to Japan. After reading Robert Fitts’ latest — In the Japanese Ballpark: Behind the Scenes of Nippon Professional Baseball — it reminded me of the excitement of being over […]

  3. 05/27/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversations #198: Rick Cerrone

    When I was about 10 years old, I got into a heap of trouble because I spent some of the change from an errand on a copy of The Sporting News and Baseball Digest. Total cost: $1. In retrospect, I understand the difficult financial situation my family was in at the time, but at that age, I […]

  4. 05/13/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversations #197: Kevin Baker

    I may have said it before, but I should have some sort of gimmick for repeat guests, akin to Saturday Night Live‘s fancy smoking jackets for five-time hosts. This marks my third Conversation with Kevin Baker (and there will be a fourth when his new book — the follow up to The New York Game […]

  5. 04/22/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversation #195: Terry Mosher

    This is really getting to be old-home month, give or take. First it was Danny Gallagher, author of several titles about the Montreal Expos. Then it was Robbie Hart, with his new documentary. Next week, Curtis Pride, the deaf ballplayer who made his Major League debut with the team in 1993, the first of six […]

  6. 04/15/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversations #194: Robbie Hart

    If you’d asked me a few years ago about my favorite teams, I definitely would have said the Mets, followed by the Montreal Expos. But now? It just might be the reverse, since I’ve been living in the past lately. I spent many a happy summer in Montreal, where the maternal side of my family […]

  7. 02/05/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversations #188: Ben Yagoda

    A bit of a departure here. Ben Yagoda has not written a book about baseball (yet). Nor has he written a song or made a film about the game. But he is a super fan and has written reviews of others’ books about the game. Close enough for jazz. I wanted to speak with him […]

  8. 01/30/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversations #187: Bill Littlefield

    There was something about Bill Littlefield’s voice when he read his poetry (or as he refers to it, doggerel) on NPR’s Only a Game that was so soothing, as opposed to those loud-mouthed shouters on various sports talk programs. I miss him. But to prove that the Bookshelf is timeless, I had him on recently […]

  9. 01/20/2025

    The Bookshelf Conversations #186: Tyler Kepner

    I knew things would go well when I saw the collection of caps behind Tyler Kepner, senior writer for The Athletic and author of The Grandest Game: A History of the World Series and K: A History of of Baseball in Ten Pitches. Like Kepner — and most young baseball fans — I had dreams […]

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