Mike Lupica

[dbacksfan95]

Mike Lupica is such a great sports author and writer. He wrote my favorite baseball book of all time. It's called Heat. It's very short but it exhibits a very useful life lesson and uses modern experiences and conflicts, making the story even more interesting. He also wrote a few others including a good football book and a good basketball book. If you have time, please read them and then tell me what you think. His books are very interesting and very hard to put down.

[brewers96]

I have the book 'Heat' but have not read it yet. Maybe I'll start that today. I know that Mike is on a show on ESPN too (just wanted to say that). :)

[digglahhh]

Lupica is a self-righteous blowhard who thinks he's god's gift to sportswriting.

Word is, he's successfully campaigned for the blackballing of guests who have disagreed with him on The Sports Reporters. Ask Jason Whitlock.

Of course, the above is just my opinion.

[KCGHOST]

I'm with Digglahhh. Lupica is a self-absorbed narcissist who has no concept of differing opinions. And his next insight into the game of baseball will be his first.

[baseballdad]

I liked "Wild Pitch" by Lupica alot.

[Los Bravos]

Word is, he's successfully campaigned for the blackballing of guests who have disagreed with him on The Sports Reporters. Ask Jason Whitlock.Wish he'd get mad at Rhoden...

[PVNICK]

Lupica hasn't been interesting since he was the young guy counterpart to crusty old Dick Young decades ago. His stuff in the News now is just babble with nary an original point. Does he still just go on the Sports reporters and say read word for word his article in the Sunday paper?

[dbacksfan95]

I'm talking about his books. Not his news articles.

[abolishthedh]

I'm talking about his books. Not his news articles.

Good point, Dbacksfan95, but I have to say that Lupica has been on the SportsReporters and in talk shows of that nature for so long that he can't separate himself from the game. His views occasionally are spot-on, but not as often as he thinks, and he has a tendency to ram these views down the throat of his peers on the shows. This makes it difficult, IMO, to separate fact from opinion.

I never read his book about the 1998 season because 1) he has been heavily influenced by his East Coast bias; 2) he thinks we turn on the SportsReporters to see and hear him.