About Maybe Next Year: A Cincinnatian’s Tragic Accounts of the Most Painful Moments for Sports Fans Over the Past 30 Years
“Maybe Next Year” is as thorough an account of being a diehard fan of loser sports teams as I could put together. It is certainly a passion project of mine, given that the better part of my 27 years have consisted of watching Cincinnati teams fail miserably. This book is meant to be a fun, light-hearted depiction of what it means to suffer through painful seasons and flat-out brutal losses with the teams you hold closest to your heart. Included in the book are what I feel are the most heartbreaking losses for 20 of America’s fan bases, my “Top 5 Most Miserable Combos in Sports Fandom,” and the Top 5 losses specifically for Cincinnati fans in my lifetime (1994-Present). My number one goal is that I have completed the largest example of reverse psychology that the sports world has ever seen, and that 2021 will be the year that a Cincinnati team finally gets it done. However, if the book simply provides some type of therapeutic value to the average sports fan, then I have done my job. Laugh with me or at me, shed a few tears for your team if you must, but hopefully you enjoy.
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Author Bio:
Growing up in the Anderson Township suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mitch was born into a family with a love for sports. Unfortunately for the Stevens family, this has meant faithfully rooting for what Mitch feels are the worst and most painful teams to watch, at least over the course of his lifetime.
Mitch now lives in Indianapolis, IN, and works remotely in direct sales. Although he has enjoyed is time running a sales business, his greatest passions lay within the sports arena. Whether it is doing play-by-play, watching his Bengals on Sunday afternoons in the Fall, or writing a book on the subject, one thing is abundantly clear: to Mitch, sports matter.