If you’re a sports fan, you’ve no doubt done years of mental gymnastics — trying to imagine an alternate universe in which Bill Bucker stops a World Series grounder, Butler sinks a buzzer-beater in the NCAA championship game, or Wally Pipp decides to stick it out at first base. Mike Pesca, of the podcast The Gist, is more interested in even bigger alternate realities. A frequently heard voice on WAMC, the longtime NPR sports reporter is out with a new book: "Upon Further Review: The Great What-Ifs In Sports History." In it, he has gathered a murderers' row of sportswriters and other cultural critics to probe at some of the underlying issues that link society and sports.
In New Book, Sports Nut Mike Pesca Wonders What If
