Over at The Daily Beast, my pal Allen Barra writes about Frederick Exley and his muse, the late Frank Gifford:

(painting by Will Johnson)

Over at the Daily Beast, Allen Barra weighs in on the forgotten genius of Ring Lardner:

The greatest word in baseball is "horseshit." This isn't a matter of opinion, it's a scientific fact. From Kevin…

Here's an excerpt from Allen Barra's new book, Mickey and Willie:

He's good at what he does (for Jeter, it's baseball; for Jesus, it's healing the sick or whatever). People love him.…