Bits and pieces, June 26

June 26, 2013

* That’s nice: Members of the Wareham College baseball team in the Cap Code area will read to local kids at a July 2 event. Details here.

* The All Alabama site published this profile of Birmingham native Allen Barra, author of the new book, Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age.

* Can the concepts of Moneyball apply to cricket teams? Read this piece from ForbesIndia to find out.

* Now mascots are writing their life  stories?

* Here’s another behind-the-scenes book: the story of Lena Blackburne who “discovered” the mud used to take the shine off baseballs.

* James Bailey over at Bailey’s Baseball Book Reviews, did this Q&A with Russell Rowland, author of the novel High and Inside.

* Georgetowner.com ran this brief profile of Elliott Smith, author of Beltway Boys: Stephen Strasburg, Bryce Harper, and the Rise of the Nationals.

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