Wait Till Next Year: The Story of a Season When What Should've Happened Didn't, and What Could've Gone Wrong Did
About this book
"Read the book Steinbrenner and a host of other sports notables will want to burn. It's a beauty." -Elmore Leonard"The greatest high for any True Believer, besides seeing your team win the Super Bowl, the seventh game of the world series or the NBA Championship, is getting the chance to talk sports with another True Believer. Bill Goldman and Mike Lupica are so intelligent, insightful and accessible, it's like having a conversation with two really True Believers."-Rob Reiner"In the tradition of great double plays, Wait Till Next year is Lupica to Goldman to great reading,"-Billy CrystalThe New York area's 1987 sports scene is replayed by incisive reporter Lupica and Goldman, screenwriter, novelist (Marathon Man), and zany sports fan. With intimate reporting and diverting asides, they trace the downfall of 1986's champion Mets and Giants, the early winning Yankees, the downtrodden Knicks and Nets, and the Jets. For good measure there's a concerned look at Columbia's football team, piling up a losing streak that only ended this October. Comparing the talents of the Celtic's Larry Bird and Danny Ainge, appraising sports broadcasters good and bad, and looking for better times in 1988 all add to the appeal of this bittersweet reading for Big Apple fans. Lots of fun for outsiders, too