Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History
Autor Mike Pescaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mar 2019
TheNew
York
Timesbestseller,
now
in
paperback!
"Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful."--The Washington Post
"Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful."--The Washington Post
No announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the Pennant, The Giants Lose The Pennant!" Such moments are indelibly etched upon the mind of every sports fan. Or rather, they would be, had they happened. Sports are notoriously games of inches, and when we conjure the thought of certain athletes - like Bill Buckner or Scott Norwood - we can't help but apply a mental tape measure to the highlight reels of our minds. Players, coaches, and of course fans, obsess on the play when they ask, "What if?"Upon Further Reviewis the first book to answer that question.
Upon
Further
Reviewis
a
book
of
counterfactual
sporting
scenarios.
In
its
pages
the
reader
will
find
expertly
reported
histories,
where
one
small
event
is
flipped
on
its
head,
and
the
resulting
ripples
are
carefully
documented,
the
likes
of...
What if the U.S. Boycotted Hitler's Olympics?
What if Bobby Riggs beat Billie Jean King?
What if Bucky Dent popped out at the foot of the Green Monster?
What if Drew Bledsoe never got hurt?
Upon Further Reviewtakes classic arguments conducted over pints in a pub and places them in the hands of dozens of writers, athletes, and historians. From turning points that every sports fan rues or celebrates, to the forgotten would-be inflection points that defined sports,Upon Further Reviewanswers age old questions, and settles the score, even if the score bounced off the crossbar.
What if the U.S. Boycotted Hitler's Olympics?
What if Bobby Riggs beat Billie Jean King?
What if Bucky Dent popped out at the foot of the Green Monster?
What if Drew Bledsoe never got hurt?
Upon Further Reviewtakes classic arguments conducted over pints in a pub and places them in the hands of dozens of writers, athletes, and historians. From turning points that every sports fan rues or celebrates, to the forgotten would-be inflection points that defined sports,Upon Further Reviewanswers age old questions, and settles the score, even if the score bounced off the crossbar.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455540372
ISBN-10: 1455540374
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
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ISBN-10: 1455540374
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Twelve
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Notă biografică
Mike
Pescais
the
host
of
the
daily
podcastThe
Gist.
For
ten
years
he
was
a
reporter
for
NPR,
where
he
primarily
covered
sports.
He
has
covered
Super
Bowls,
Final
Fours,
the
World
Series,
the
NBA
Finals,
the
Olympics,
the
World
Cup,
the
World
Series
of
Poker,
and
the
Westminster
Dog
Show.
In
addition
to
hosting
the
NPR
News
QuizWait,
Wait,
Don't
Tell
Me,
his
work
has
been
featured
onThis
American
Life,Radiolab,Inside
the
NFL,
as
well
as
inBaseball
ProspectusandBasketball
Prospectus.
He
is
the
winner
of
two
Edward
R.
Murrow
awards,
one
for
his
coverage
of
high
school
football,
another
for
his
analysis
of
the
monetary
value
of
Crackerjacks
being
mentioned
in
the
lyrics
to
"Take
Me
Out
to
the
Ball
Game."
He
was
a
two-time
winner
of
the
Emory
University
Intramural
Softball
Official
of
the
Year.
Recenzii
"What
if
you
didn't
read
UPON
FURTHER
REVIEW?You'd
miss
a
lot
of
mind-blowing
fun.
But
why
take
the
chance?
Read
it.
You'll
laugh.
You'll
learn.
You'll
impress
your
friends.
There
hasn't
been
a
sure
winner
like
this
book
since
Mike
Tyson
beat
Buster
Douglas."—Jonathan
Eig,
author
of
Ali:
A
Life
and
Luckiest
Man:
The
Life
and
Death
of
Lou
Gehrig
"The inevitable plight of sports fans is longing for what might have been. Retrospective analysis -- and wistful reimagining -- is what gets them through the night. UPON FURTHER REVIEW teems with such moonlit fantastical -- and a ravishing counterfactual revelation: sportswriters, the proud and embittered few, are actually a delightful bunch of goofball romantics."—Nicholas Dawidoff, author of The Catcher Was A Spy and Collision Low Crossers
"Enlightening and entertaining, Pesca's collection of hypothetical sports outcomes gives sports fans much food for thought."—Publishers Weekly
"Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful."—The Washington Post
"This is sports escapism brought to new and entertaining heights."—Kirkus
"A thought-provoking venture into sports' road-not-taken possibilities."—Booklist
"The inevitable plight of sports fans is longing for what might have been. Retrospective analysis -- and wistful reimagining -- is what gets them through the night. UPON FURTHER REVIEW teems with such moonlit fantastical -- and a ravishing counterfactual revelation: sportswriters, the proud and embittered few, are actually a delightful bunch of goofball romantics."—Nicholas Dawidoff, author of The Catcher Was A Spy and Collision Low Crossers
"Enlightening and entertaining, Pesca's collection of hypothetical sports outcomes gives sports fans much food for thought."—Publishers Weekly
"Intriguing...thought provoking...delightful."—The Washington Post
"This is sports escapism brought to new and entertaining heights."—Kirkus
"A thought-provoking venture into sports' road-not-taken possibilities."—Booklist