Ron Kaplan
Content by Ron Kaplan
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Aside from "holocaust," there is no uglier term to the Jewish people than "blood libel," the historical canard that Jews murdered Christian children in order to use their blood
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From our archives: the 1999 photo memoir from Dunne, who died at age 83 on August 26.
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Indian Shoes is a collection of delightful tales about a little boy named Ray, a young Native American who lives in Chicago with his grandfather.
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Pieter Bruegel was a 16th century artist, known for his quirky presentation of people and places.
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Over the winter, "contraction" was the buzzword in baseball.
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Baseball books are like weddings: they always seem to include something old (biographies and team histories), something new (lots of numbers for statistics and fantasy leagues fanciers), something
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When baseball's All-Century Team was chosen in 1999, one of the pitchers picked was Sandy Koufax, a left-hander for the Brooklyn, and later, Los Angeles Dodgers a remarkable selection that was lar
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With December upon us once again, it's time to take a step back and think of what the holiday season means to us: family, friends and heritage.
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With December upon us once again, it's time to take a step back and think of what the holiday season means to us: family, friends and heritage.
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What is it about apples? Without a doubt, there's something wonderfully intriguing about the mythical, natural fruit.
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Mark Twain once famously remarked that "Golf is a good walk spoiled." Harsh words perhaps, but there's no denying that, as sports go, this one is singularly exasperating.
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Mark Twain once famously remarked that "Golf is a good walk spoiled." Harsh words perhaps, but there's no denying that, as sports go, this one is singularly exasperating.
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Mark Twain once famously remarked that "Golf is a good walk spoiled." Harsh words perhaps, but there's no denying that, as sports go, this one is singularly exasperating.
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Nostalgia is an impoverishing emotion; it robs our memory of all its complexity, writes Louis Rubin Jr. There were no Good Old Days: my father's generation knew that very well.
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For more than 20 years, Hank Aaron quietly went about his work, doing all the things that Mantle and Mays did, but with less media attention.
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Baseball is an emotional game. For every thrill of victory there is an agony of defeat.
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Rosemary Wells is famous for the comforting, cuddly characters Max and Ruby, two young rabbits who get in and out of all sorts of trouble.
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For years the debate raged: Mantle or Mays? They both debuted in 1951 and their careers mirrored each other for more than a decade both even had songs written about them.
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Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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In the words of that great philosopher Yogi Berra, "It ain't over Ôtil it's over." So this article can't conclude without mentioning The Yogi Book. He wants to make one thing perfectly clear.
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Those who aren't up on their game needn't feel embarrassed. Baseball For Dummies can bring even the most horsehide-impaired up to speed.
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At the other end of fandom, there's Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch it Like a Pro, (written with Danny Peary).
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Once you're done dealing with the present, it's time to take a look at the game's glorious past.
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For a fun look at the more recent past, there's Phil Pepe's Talkin' Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s.
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George Will, the political pundit, freely admits that he was the kid who played right field on his team.
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There must be some psychological term for it, the feeling that as you hit a certain age you and your circle of friends cease to age (at least you do).
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Video Hound's somewhat irreverent slant offers more than your average famous reviewer guide.
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Life in a box Journey to Cubeville (Andrews McMeel, $19.95, 0836271750), the misadventures of Dilbert, uber-computer geek, is an ode to workers the world over.
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The arts Jack Mitchell has been a preeminent photographer of the fine and performing arts for a generation.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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Out of the ballpark: bats and stats Perhaps no baseball season has been as closely monitored and analyzed as 1998.
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In today's climate of giveittomeasfastasyoucan information, sports fans can be forgiven for being unaware that once upon a time, before sports cable TV, before sports radio, before the Internet,
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Picture Hope and Crosby in space. But instead of Dorothy Lamour in a sarong, there's an android in drag.
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ÊCarl Hiaasen, a columnist for the Miami Herald, has the type of job many of us wish we had: He gets paid to complain. What does he rail against?
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Primers on the nation's pastime Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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Primers on the nation's pastime Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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Primers on the nation's pastime Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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Primers on the nation's pastime Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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Primers on the nation's pastime Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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Primers on the nation's pastime Baseball: It's not just a game; it's an education.
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things we take for granted. To watch our children playing together nowadays, it's difficult to conceive of a time when it was taboo for blacks and whites to join in a game of baseball.
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Batter up There are several schools of baseball. One follows numbers, the statistics that drive the game and rivet baseball fans.
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hy is it that adults think they are the only ones with opinions on the moments that shaped this nation's history?
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ears ago, the popular genre for entertainment was the cowboy movie.
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How many of you remember the agony of having to memorize the Gettysburg Address in school? Or perhaps it was something by one of the founding fathers? Who needs this stuff? you would moan.
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'Tis the season to think about the literary sports fans on your shopping list. And this year's batch of gift books has something for sports fans of every stripe.
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For baseball fans who admire fine writing as much as a home-run swing, two new collections will be at the top of the spring roster.
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For baseball fans who admire fine writing as much as a home-run swing, two new collections will be at the top of the spring roster.
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All due modesty aside, Ted Williams considered himself among the greatest hitters who ever lived, and he was not alone in that assessment.
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<B>The story behind golf's greatest match</B> Before Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan, there was Harry Vardon, a British duffer whose style and methods revolutionized the game o
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The late Stephen Ambrose, who brought the Lewis and Clark expedition to life for adult readers in his best-selling book Undaunted Courage, does the same for young people in This Vast Land:
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While not on a par with the aforementioned legends on the baseball diamond, Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw (who died from brain cancer in January) was nevertheless a hero to his fans in New York and Ph
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If Mantle was brute force, Mays was style and grace. His ability to stay healthier than his Yankee counterpart allowed him to put up superior numbers.
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