Media

Catch up with Ralph’s media appearances, where he discusses The Hall Ball and, on occasion, some other things, too. Scroll to the bottom to find additional books in which Ralph has been a contributor.

TV/Video

Baseball and BBQ (7/9/20)

Pandemic Baseball Book Club Panel at New Jersey City University (6/27/20)

Pandemic Baseball Book Club interview w/ Mark Healey (6/24/20)

The Baseball Reliquary’s 2019 Shrine of Eternal Induction Ceremony (Ralph’s speech begins around 18:45 into the ceremony) (7/17/19)

KHON2 Evening News, Hawaii affiliate of Fox and CW (4/18/17)

Hawaii News Now- Sunrise (4/14/17)

CBS Weekend News (4/2/17)

CTV’s Your Morning (10/20/16)

Print

The New York Times (10/4/16)

New York Daily News (19th Century Grave Marker project) (5/14/16)

The Courier, the newsletter of the SABR Negro Leagues Committee (on Sol White) (6/14)

Radio/Podcasts

TTMCast (7/26/20)

Baseball by the Book (7/21/20)

Pandemic Baseball Book Club (7/9/20)

Books on Deck with Wayne Randazzo, WCBS880 (7/7/20)

Southpaw (a large portion of the discussion is about the Negro Leagues) (7/2/20)

The Beat of Sports, 96.9 FM Orlando (6/25/20)

The Packaged Tourist (6/16/20)

Nothing Fancy (4/24/20)

Baseball PhD (on minor league contraction) (1/26/20)

The Hall of Very Good (also discusses Bent Knees & Raised Fists) (1/13/20)

Roadside Baseball (8/11/19)

The Hall of Very Good (5/12/17)

Let’s Talk Sports with Kanoa Leahey,  ESPN Maui (4/10/17)

The Barry Morgan Show CJAD 800AM, Montreal (11/4/16)

Talk Back-New York, We and Thee Edition with John McDonagh, Malachy McCourt and Corey Kilgannon  WBAI 99.5FM, New York (10/12/16)  [The Hall Ball comes into the show at the 1:43:20 mark.]

Genesis with Ian Kahanowitz (2/4/16)

Sports Palooza Radio Show (1/22/15)

Sports Palooza Radio Show (3/20/14)

Blogs and Reviews

Fan in the Box book review, by Joe Rini (7/31/20)

Never Too Much Baseball book review, by Gabriel Schechter (7/30/20)

Sports Collectors Daily book review, by Jeff Baker (7/20/20)

Our Game, John Thorn’s foreword to The Hall Ball, (2/24/20)

Our Game, blog of John Thorn, official historian of Major League Baseball (5/4/17)

Get More Sports, q & a with Lisa Ianucci (3/27/17)

Ballpark Digest.com (10/4/16)

Green-Wood Cemetery newsletter (19th Century Grave Marker Project) (5/17/16)

Agate Type, blog by Gary Ashwill (12/14/15)

The Negro Leagues Up Close, blog by Ryan Whirty (11/2/15), (1/4/16), (1/7/16)

Our Game, blog of John Thorn, official historian of Major League Baseball (on Sol White) (5/12/14)

In August 2014, Ralph participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge. Fans of the Hall Ball will enjoy his unique take. Watch it here.

Ralph has also contributed to the following volumes published by the Society for American Baseball Research. Purchase your copies through the links below, or become a member at SABR and get your digital copies for free!

The Newark Eagles Take Flight: The Story of the 1946 Negro League Champions. Released 7/12/19 (chapter on Robert “Cotton” Williams)

Bittersweet Goodbye: The Black Barons, the Grays, and the 1949 Negro League World Series. Released 7/24/17 (chapter on Rufus “Sonny Man” Jackson)

The 1986 New York Mets: There Was More Than Game Six. Released 3/2/16 (chapter on Ray Knight)