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I am the sports and features editor for the New Jersey Jewish News. I also host Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf, a blog on baseball books and other media, and serve as editor of SABR's Bibliography Committee Newsletter. My freelance work has appeared in such publications as Baseball America, E, Mental Floss, Elysian Fields Quarterly, Irish America, and others.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Hank Greenberg, Sandy Koufax, Ed Kranepool, Shawn Green, Kevin Youkilis

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Mets, Expos, Canadiens

  • Favorite Coaches

    Gil Hodges

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Talking my father and daughter to their first baseball games.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Father's Day, 1974 (see above)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Johnny VanderMeer's three consecutive no-hitters

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Unitas

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Russell

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Who?

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    See above

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    Big East

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  • Peter Schiller posted 959 days ago

    Peter Schiller

    Thanks for friending me here at b/r Ron!

  • Mike Kent posted 1055 days ago

    Mike Kent

    What is with the water in Chesapeake Virginia?

    They have lots of Great athletes.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/217653-whats-in-the-water-in-chesapeake-virginia