Mike Luery, Reporter and Author

What's your passion?

Reporter Mike Luery has two of them. One is baseball. The other is journalism.

Mike is an award-winning reporter with decades of experience. His investigative work has exposed abuses in California's funeral industry, puppy prisons and the Ku Klux Klan in Florida.

Mike is just as fierce in his baseball knowledge. He's the author of the book, "Baseball Between Us," a memoir of the years he spent visiting every single ballpark in the country with his son. Bottom line, Mike is ALWAYS the guy you want to sit next to at a dinner party because his stories will entertain you for hours.

On this Dying to Ask, we're talking about identifying and following a passion with one of the most passionate people I've ever worked with in a newsroom.

Mike tells some epic tales of chasing down bad guys and some poignant ones about the life lessons he learned over 16 years and 43,000 miles visiting 32 ballparks.

Don't miss Mike's warning for those who turn their back on their true passions, as he did when he left journalism for a job in PR...briefly.  And, find out why no license plate is safe in his presence.