Luke Epplin is an American sportswriter whose articles have appeared in publications such as The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Salon and The Daily Beast.
[2] He is a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and grew up listening to team broadcasters Jack Buck and Mike Shannon on the radio.
[2] Epplin is a freelance sportswriter who has written for a number of publications on popular culture and sports.
He is best known for his book Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball which focuses on the 1948 Cleveland Indians.
In particular, it focuses at Indians players Larry Doby, the first African-American player in the American League and second ever after Jackie Robinson, Bob Feller, the team's star pitcher, Satchel Paige, considered to be one of the greatest Negro league pitchers in history, and team owner Bill Veeck, one of the most eccentric figures in baseball history.