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writesdave's review
4.0
If Chuck Klosterman really wrapped his head around sports, this is what he'd write. It takes to task everyone involved in sports for their preceived overimportance in our world, but Leitch spends a lot of time ranting on the owners, players and media for taking sports away from the fan.
Leitch is the proprieter of deadspin.com, sort of "The Onion" for sports fans, and his wit certainly gets his point across. At his heart he is a sports fan, and the book does not lack his loyalties to the hapless Arizona Cardinals and the not-so-hapless St. Louis Cardinals. He's just frustrated with the direction in which sports are going and he offers some theories for how it happened and how fans can take them back.
The main beef I have is that he completely ignored the NHL. While I acknowledge the league is run by buffoons who sold the TV rights to an obscure cable network for little more than a song, it's still major enough that it merits mention in any discussion about disgruntled fans, since hockey's costs have increased exponentially in the past decade or so. Plus, there are more sports than just the major team sports and fans of those are just as frustrated (and sometimes overly passionate) as fans of the major team sports, so he could have been a bit more all-encompassing in his survey.
Still, his point is well-taken and this book remains highly recommended.
Leitch is the proprieter of deadspin.com, sort of "The Onion" for sports fans, and his wit certainly gets his point across. At his heart he is a sports fan, and the book does not lack his loyalties to the hapless Arizona Cardinals and the not-so-hapless St. Louis Cardinals. He's just frustrated with the direction in which sports are going and he offers some theories for how it happened and how fans can take them back.
The main beef I have is that he completely ignored the NHL. While I acknowledge the league is run by buffoons who sold the TV rights to an obscure cable network for little more than a song, it's still major enough that it merits mention in any discussion about disgruntled fans, since hockey's costs have increased exponentially in the past decade or so. Plus, there are more sports than just the major team sports and fans of those are just as frustrated (and sometimes overly passionate) as fans of the major team sports, so he could have been a bit more all-encompassing in his survey.
Still, his point is well-taken and this book remains highly recommended.
stephybara's review
4.0
I want to photocopy the Baseball Etiquette for Fans and hand it out at Jays games.
Very amusing and a fast read.
Very amusing and a fast read.
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