Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot: The Life and Times of a Sportscaster Dad

by Mike Greenberg

Book Overview

The popular host of ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning, delivers a hilarious, sometimes touching, and endlessly entertaining debut--a wry and revealing look at one man's goodhearted but... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400064384
• ISBN13: 9781400064380
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Awesome book, can't wait to see him milk the cow

This book was excellent. I acctually bought it on kind of an impulse buy, but when I got it I couldn't put it down. Finished it in about 2 days. Never gets boring. Inspirational for someone like me who wants to go into sports broadcasting. The stories where he talks about meeting starts such as Michael Jordan will leave you in awe and you can acctually relate to his everyday stories with his family(just funny as hell). One of the best books I've read in a while. His personality on his radio show matches exactly to what is in the book and if you love sports and lots of stories, you'll love this book.

Every Woman Should Read this Book

Anyone can relate to this book. My fiance read it first and he couldn't put it down. I had to read it after I heard him laughing every five minutes... and I'm glad I did. I have never heard Mike Greenberg on the radio. I've never even seen him on tv, and quite frankly I could care less about watching sports. But I loved this book, it's simple and to the point, and it also made me realize why men are so moved by sports. It makes COMPELTE sense to me now, and I thank Mike Greenberg for explaining it to me in the funniest way possible. Like I said, this book will be fun for anyone to read, but I think if more married women read it, they would realize why their husbands are so infatuated with sports, and furthermore, how men see situations differently than women. I give this book 5 stars.

Liked it!

The book is very sweet. I have always loved sports and have a young daughter myself, who I hope will someday find as much joy in watching football/baseball and playing golf/tennis as I do. The best parts of the book, to me, are the descriptive little snipets of life that make it worth living. Like when he picks up his daughter up from school and the way she likes her ice cream. Also, his encounters with Jordan and Bo are poignant. I don't listen to Mike and Mike in the morning but will try to find it on our local radio station.

Terifically Entertaining

I enjoyed this book a hell of alot more than almost anything I've read the past year, fiction or non-fiction. The title of the book is a bit misleading. There is no overarching theme here, it is not a treatise on why Greeny's wife thinks he's an idiot. Nor is it a collection of essays. It purports to be a journal that Greenberg kept over the past few years. I'm not entirely sure if that's true, particularly because of one blurb on page 133, but it really doesn't matter. What you basically get is a series of humorous but relevant anecdotes from Greenberg. Sometimes the topic is serious, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes the story has a point, sometimes it doesn't. But it's always written with a ton of wit and a rich personality. You never forget that this is Greenberg writing, and not some faceless author with stories to tell. Greenberg's stories of trying to impregnate his wife, the absolute worst thing to say in a room full of women, trying to decide on a name for his first child, the staff at his favorite restaurant expressing their hatred for him, his worst fears almost being realized as his daughter is born, his deck furniture salesman being offended that "Mr. Big-Shot Sportscaster" doesn't remember him, his rationale for buying his son a giant Clifford doll, and many other stories, not all of them pleasant(the sixty-five year old Billionaire in a Speedo stands out as one of the least appealing), are sure to keep you entertained for as long as you can go without turning the last page. Well done Greeny, my only complaint is that your book tour isn't coming to California.

Greeny's Book Hits A Non-Steroid Enhanced Homerun

Mike Greenberg, half of ESPN radio's Mike and Mike in the morning, does here what he does so well every morning on the radio with his partner Mike Golic - he says what we are thinking about sports, relationships and life, BUT in a much more fully realized way than we would ever have mustered. The wit, the sarcasm, the desire to believe in sports and heroes and in Greeny's case the New York Jets is all here along with a terrific cast of characters including Mike's wife (who if this book is any indication should produce her own tome). If you are a dad, heck, if you are a parent, you'll enjoy this book. If your wife makes you help select what shoes to wear even though you haven't a clue and don't want to have a clue, this book is for you. If you love sports and find something deeply essential in what very often appears to be meaningless fun and games, this book is for you. If you listen to Greeny and Golic in the morning and find yourself coming back for more, you'll find yourself turning page after page in an all too quick sprint to the end of this book. Thanks Mike Greenberg for the book and for the daily dose of sanity.