Review of “Bama Profiles in Courage: Laykin”: (Capers) Barr flexes through an emotional range that most writers would never dare attempt … Humor and Bama sorrow are fused together like twined tree trunks that keep each other standing…..It’s part satire, part character study, with a wry lens on fame, fandom, and the modern South. Well done, Capers, well done.”– Ian Allen, The Times Literary Supplement.

Baseball has always been a sport populated by great families – the Bonds, the Griffeys, the Molinas – but it’s less known that this tradition carries over to the other side of home plate. Hailing from a long line of umpires: Bill Austin

Bill dreams of one day calling balls & strikes in the big leagues…but he has a problem……

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