
What If?
Answering the Biggest Unanswered Questions in Philadelphia Sports History
Joe Giglio(Author)
Casemate Publishers
Will be published approx. on 31. August 2026
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-955041-60-7 (ISBN)
Description
All Philadelphia sports fans have wondered how things might have been different if our teams won more, stopped breaking our hearts, and commissioned more parades down Broad Street. But have you ever thought about different things could have been if little moments went the other way? If a tipped pass was actually caught? If a trade never happened? If a last-minute, buzzer-beating shot rimmed out?
This book is an attempt to answer those questions, the ones that gnaw at every single Philadelphia sports fan. The moments that could have become memories for the good-or the bad. The decisions that teams want back, and the moves that could have led to iconic moments. Legacies redefined. All-time moments zapped from memory. Close calls. Revisionist history.
There's an alternative reality in which Philadelphia is Titletown, USA. And there's one in which the most popular team in town is still searching for its first Super Bowl championship. A way in which a legacy is totally reshaped, and how a budding star is traded away in the most controversial trade in city history. And even how a disgraced former American icon lands in the city of Brotherly Love, perhaps altering the course of legal history.
This dive into the unknown will take the reader through the ups and downs of what was, what could have been, and where it would have taken us all.
This book is an attempt to answer those questions, the ones that gnaw at every single Philadelphia sports fan. The moments that could have become memories for the good-or the bad. The decisions that teams want back, and the moves that could have led to iconic moments. Legacies redefined. All-time moments zapped from memory. Close calls. Revisionist history.
There's an alternative reality in which Philadelphia is Titletown, USA. And there's one in which the most popular team in town is still searching for its first Super Bowl championship. A way in which a legacy is totally reshaped, and how a budding star is traded away in the most controversial trade in city history. And even how a disgraced former American icon lands in the city of Brotherly Love, perhaps altering the course of legal history.
This dive into the unknown will take the reader through the ups and downs of what was, what could have been, and where it would have taken us all.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
10 Photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-955041-60-7 (9781955041607)
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Person
Joe Giglio is a sports talk host on 94WIP in Philadelphia, with past stops in New York, Baltimore, and nationally-syndicated CBS Sports Radio. His big break came in 2012 by winning WFAN's "Fantasy Phenom" contest. He covered MLB nationally for Bleacher Report, and both the NFL and MLB for NJ Advance Media. Joe lives in Bucks County, PA with his wife, Julianna, and two children. Watching the Eagles Super Bowl 59 victory with his kids, Luke and Emilia, ranks as his favorite sports memory.
Content
Introduction
1 What If Carson Wentz Didn't Get Hurt?
2 What If the Eagles Never Fired Andy Reid?
3 What If Alshon Jeffery Caught It?
4 What If the Eagles Chose Nick Foles Over Carson Wentz?
5 What If Kawhi Leonard Missed the Shot?
6 What If the Phillies and Scott Rolen Mended Fences?
7 What If the Penalty Flag Wasn't Thrown on James Bradberry?
8 What If the Eagles Drafted Ricky Williams Over Donovan McNabb?
9 What If Randall Cunningham Didn't Get Hurt in 1991?
10 What If the Sixers Drafted Another Star to Pair with Allen Iverson?
11 What If the Fog Bowl Wasn't Foggy?
12 What If the Eagles Drafted O.J. Simpson?
13 What If the Eagles Re-Did Terrell Owens' contract?
14 What If Sam Hinkie was Never Ousted and Was Allowed to Complete The Process?
15 What If the Eagles Fired Howie Roseman When Chip Kelly Took Power?
16 What If the Eagles Left for Phoenix in 1984?
17 What If Eric Lindros Stayed Healthy?
18 What If Ryan Howard didn't Rupture his Achilles?
19 What If Jay Wright Left Villanova for the Sixers?
20 What if the Phillies Signed Manny Machado over Bryce Harper?
21 What If the Phillies Traded for Barry Bonds?
22 What If the A's Never Left Philadelphia?
23 What If the Eagles Drafted Justin Jefferson over Jalen Reagor?
24 What If the 1964 Phillies Didn't Collapse?
25 What If Jalen Carter Didn't Sack Matthew Stafford
1 What If Carson Wentz Didn't Get Hurt?
2 What If the Eagles Never Fired Andy Reid?
3 What If Alshon Jeffery Caught It?
4 What If the Eagles Chose Nick Foles Over Carson Wentz?
5 What If Kawhi Leonard Missed the Shot?
6 What If the Phillies and Scott Rolen Mended Fences?
7 What If the Penalty Flag Wasn't Thrown on James Bradberry?
8 What If the Eagles Drafted Ricky Williams Over Donovan McNabb?
9 What If Randall Cunningham Didn't Get Hurt in 1991?
10 What If the Sixers Drafted Another Star to Pair with Allen Iverson?
11 What If the Fog Bowl Wasn't Foggy?
12 What If the Eagles Drafted O.J. Simpson?
13 What If the Eagles Re-Did Terrell Owens' contract?
14 What If Sam Hinkie was Never Ousted and Was Allowed to Complete The Process?
15 What If the Eagles Fired Howie Roseman When Chip Kelly Took Power?
16 What If the Eagles Left for Phoenix in 1984?
17 What If Eric Lindros Stayed Healthy?
18 What If Ryan Howard didn't Rupture his Achilles?
19 What If Jay Wright Left Villanova for the Sixers?
20 What if the Phillies Signed Manny Machado over Bryce Harper?
21 What If the Phillies Traded for Barry Bonds?
22 What If the A's Never Left Philadelphia?
23 What If the Eagles Drafted Justin Jefferson over Jalen Reagor?
24 What If the 1964 Phillies Didn't Collapse?
25 What If Jalen Carter Didn't Sack Matthew Stafford