The book chronicles the author's journey from aspiring tennis pro to comedian, highlighting the struggles and failures along the way. It starts when his brother gave him a tennis racket for Christmas when he was four and the author's dream was to be a professional tennis player, but only to 864 in the world and later turned to comedy.
"Michael Kosta mentions his book, "Cop Dude: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy: Lucky Loser", detailing his transition from professional tennis to comedy."