The famous American astronomer Carl Sagan once said, “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.”
Sagan was best known for his study of extraterrestrial life, but the way people like to dream about sports isn’t too far off from how we dream about what lies beyond our galaxy.
But in sports, we get to see our dreams play out on the field, court, pitch, etc. The finality of sports is part of the reason we love (and hate) it.
What happens when that finality is stripped away?
All we’re left to do is keep dreaming, imagining all of the possibilities that could have been.