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• Throwback Thursday: As American as baseball cards?
Not necessarily. Shohei Ohtani recently hit his 300th home run. It should come as no surprise that his baseball cards can be worth thousands of dollars. But he’s still “trapped” by the fairly standard design of American-made cards. That brought to mind this Bookshelf Conversation I did in 202 with Robert Fitts, the go-to guy […]...2026
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #208: Jonathan Abrams
Blame it on my dog, Nellie. I was walking her in the morning and did something I never do. Normally I would listen to a podcast or some music on our outing. But this time I was reading an article in The New York Times. And I mean the print edition, not on the app. […]...2026
• Bits and Pieces, April 29, 2026
Steve Kettman, a former Bookshelf Conversation guest, discusses his work on Dusty Baker’s new book, Crossroads: A Memoir in Baseball and Life (out June 9). A reminder: The National Baseball Poetry Festival will be held May 7-10 at Polar Park in Worcester, MA. I had a BC with Steve Biondilillo, founder of the Festival, earlier this […]...2026
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• Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be pro athletes
A bit late in posting this but it’s still relevant, so… Excellent essay in the March 29 Op-Ed section of The New York Times by Devin Gordon, author of So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets — the Best Worst Team in Sports and Bookshelf Conversation guest. “Help! […]...2026
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• 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 […]...2026
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #204: David Fleming

Baseball Obscura — now in its third year — follows in the footsteps of Bill James’ Baseball Abstracts. Its author, David Fleming, comes by his publication honestly since he was a frequent contributor to James’ website over the years. One of the things we discussed in our Bookshelf Conversation is the slow death of the […]...2026
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #165: Chris Donnelly
This time, it’s personal. I am the poster boy for the “long suffering Mets fan.” I recall being on vacation with my wife, Faith, at the end of 1991 and hearing about the acquisitions they were pulling off, big stars like Eddie Murray, Bobby Bonilla, and Bret Saberhagen, among others, as well as a new […]...2023
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"I had put off an LWF piece on the passing of Rocky Colavito because I was preparing a Bookshelf Conversation with writer and long-time Indians fan Scott Raab."

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• Throwback Thursday: As American as baseball cards?
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• Bits and Pieces, April 8, 2025
Andrew Forbes is out with a new book: Field Work: On Baseball and Making a Living. If it’s anything like his last book, it will be quite thought-provoking. Another Bookshelf Conversation is in the offing. The New Yorker‘s “Sporting Scene” section takes up the issue of the Yankees’ new torpedo bats. Peter Drier offers this […]...2025

• The Bookshelf Conversation #171: Philip Lee

One of the main concerns when MLB announced it would incorporate Negro League statistics into the official canon was “How?” It seemed there were a bunch of problems with that noble effort to recognize Black baseball on a more equal level with the Majors, but the lack of coverage made that difficult. The Black media […]...2023
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #165: Chris Donnelly
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #161: Graig Kreindler
Named after the All-Star third baseman, Graig Nettles, Kreindler creates some truly incredible baseball art. What is just as impressive is the amount of research that goes into the pieces, which are mostly of players in the days before color photography. From his website: “His goal is to portray the national pastime in an era […]...2023
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• The Bookshelf Conversation #204: David Fleming
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• The “art of baseball” comes to New Jersey
Todd Radom, Ellen Lindner, and Brian Kong will be the featured guests as the Elysian Field Chapter celebrates “SABR Day” at the Muth Museum located in Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, NJ, on Saturday, February 7. Radom, a former Bookshelf Conversation guest for Winning Ugly: A Visual History of Baseball’s Most Unique Uniforms, has a new […]...2026

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• The Bookshelf Conversation #175: Josh Wilker
A couple of weeks ago I visited a local shop that purportedly sold comics and baseball cards. Alas, I learned that was not the case. The owner told me there was no real business for cards over the past several years. I would say that that’s a shame but the reality is there have been […]...2024