Allen Barra
Allen Barra
Allen Barra (Born in Birmingham, Alabama) is a sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Salon.com. He regularly appears on Major League Baseball Radio.
Barra graduated from Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, Al and from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Barra’s work has appeared in various alternative publications, including The Paperman, The Birmingham Reporter, the Southsider, Boz Art, Creative Loafing, Blue Note, Southern Style, Fun & Stuff, the Birmingham Weekly and Weld.
He is the author of multiple books, including Rickwood Field: A Century in America’s Oldest Ballpark, The Last Coach and Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee.
He is a resident of South Orange, New Jersey.
Publications
Barra, Allen (2010) Rickwood Field: A Century in America’s Oldest Ballpark
Barra, Allen (2010) Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
Barra, Allen (2003) Clearing the Bases
Barra, Allen (2006) The Last Coach: A Life of Paul “Bear” Bryant
Barra, Allen (2014) Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball’s Golden Age
References
The Atlantic: Allen Barra
Macmillian: Allen Barra
Norton: Allen Barra
Wikipedia: Allen Barra