A review by connor
Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History by Rob Neyer, Will Leitch, Ben Lindbergh, Stefan Fatsis, Mike Pesca, Nate Jackson, Jonathan Hock, Katie Baker, Peter T. Fornatale, Jesse Eisenberg, Ethan Sherwood Strauss, Liam Boylan-Pett, Steve Kornacki, L. Jon Wertheim, Neil Paine, Mary Pilon, Jon Bois, Claude Johnson, Paul Snyder, Bob Ryan, Julian E. Zelizer, Nate DiMeo, Dylan McClain, Jeremy Schaap, Josh Levin, Wayne Coffey, Leigh Montville, Jason Gay, Michael MacCambridge, Shira Springer, Robert Siegel, Louisa Thomas

informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

Based on the cover, I was expecting a mainstream “What If?” sports book, revolving around the standard famous moments every fan has gone over 1,000 times. This book went in a much weirder direction, and I appreciated that. The rapid flips between writing style from chapter to chapter — sometimes going from reasonable retrospective discussion to in-another-reality alternate history — could’ve been handled a lot more smoothly. Ultimately, the tongue-in-cheek eccentricities made it more of a memorable learning experience than anything else.