“Bookshelf Conversations” – Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

Ron Kaplan
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If it fits on a bookshelf, it fits here.

Episodes

  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 […]

    22 min

  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 […]

    33 min

  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 […]

    27 min

  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 […]

    32 min
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