• Will Leitch is ranked #12 on Forbes’ recent list of the biggest stars on the Internet, ahead of Matt Drudge and Seth Godin.
• Leitch reaches a wide audience through his Tumblr, Twitter, and other social media platforms, and he is also a continually sought-after guest on sports radio, with a big fanbase in the Midwest.

Are We Winning? opens with a letter to Will Leitch’s yet-to-be-conceived son, Bryan, in which Will spells out precisely how important baseball will be to their relationship: “When everything is blocked, when you want to punch me in the face, when you are suffering but can’t say it, when you’re joyous but too embarrassed to show me how much…we’re going to be able to talk about baseball.” Will knows this, because it describes his relationship with his own father.

Are We Winning? is built around a trip to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubs (poised to clinch the division) take on the Cardinals (the Leitch men’s team). Along for the ride are both Will’s father, the gregarious, but not-exactly-demonstrative Midwestern titan for whom Will’s future son will be named, and Mike, Will’s best friend—and a lifelong Cubs fan. As the book progresses in half-inning increments, Will explores various aspects of the beloved game, along with memories of his father, including an unlikely post-game episode involving a biker bar in a trailer park, and Merchant/Ivory’s The Remains of the Day—all integrated, batter by batter, with the fate of one perfect game.