One of the major complaints from fans and (especially) non-fans is that the games take too long. Don’t look at it as a lot of down time; instead perceive it as a chance to catch up on your readi… more →
Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelfherusantoso wrote 3 weeks ago: My first encounter with Romo Mangun’s Burung-Burung Manyar (The Weaver Birds) came about 5 yea … more →
ronkaplan wrote 3 months ago: One of the major complaints from fans and (especially) non-fans is that the games take too long. Don … more →
Porky wrote 4 months ago: I caught some of the late local news while in a flu-like fog Wednesday night. Channel 4 led with the … more →
ronkaplan wrote 4 months ago: Ordinarily, I wouldn’t go back to a review of The Yankee Years; that so over. But I’ll m … more →
kristynwinters wrote 5 months ago: You can find this month’s New Yorker Fiction Podcast here. It features Roger Angell reading … more →
alamosweet wrote 5 months ago: Lance Berkman, Baseball Digest magazine Last year I had a subscription to Baseball Digest. Supportin … more →
jonahogles wrote 6 months ago: Today’s links: To begin with, this post by Roger Angell on Ricky Henderson’s election to … more →
ronkaplan wrote 6 months ago: Baseball GB posted this review of Roger Angell’s 2004 collection. An amazing amount of the boo … more →
Schuyler wrote 7 months ago: At the risk of revealing my sappiness, I thought it would be appropriate to relate a little thankful … more →
Dai wrote 7 months ago: Here. It’s wonderful. And it proves that very old men are in fact capable of learning about th … more →
ronkaplan wrote 1 year ago: From the July 7 issue of The New Yorker, a piece about a statistical anomaly and the New York Yankee … more →
ronkaplan wrote 1 year ago: Speaking of oldies, here’s a blast from the past: Roger Angell’s collection of baseball … more →
Don wrote 1 year ago: I find that the best non-fiction books to read are the ones that make you go “Ah, that makes s … more →
oh wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes you need to get out and about, not for business or parties, not for anythin … more →
Pat Lagreid wrote 1 year ago: A while back I wrote about It Takes More Than Balls by Deidre Silva and Jackie Koney, otherwise kno … more →
jrfinger wrote 1 year ago: Just like Napoleon’s big brother Kip, newly acquired Phillies reliever Rudy Seanez is training … more →
ronkaplan wrote 1 year ago: Forget the peanuts and popcorn. One of the nice things about the new season is the chance to read an … more →
Pax Arcana wrote 1 year ago: Pax Arcana Though the Red Sox and A’s have already played two games in Japan — and the B … more →
bas1809 wrote 1 year ago: Too often in life we fail to give praise to people. It’s always one of those “I can do i … more →