"Sure to be judged a classic, Seasons to Remember takes us back to the era before "big money," as television is first discovering the sporting world, and introduces us to the larger-than-life figures whose exploits were first magnified through the theatrical power of radio." "Coming into focus in these pages - perhaps for the first time - are such mythic sports personalities as Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, Army football's Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside; Bob Kurland and George Mikan, college basketball's original "twin towers"; Casey Stengel, master of the tortured sentence; and Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, the era's most feared hitters." "Also to be found in these pages are such figures as Satchel Paige, history's greatest strikeout machine; Oklahoma football's Bud Wilkinson, whose depth chart was his greatest weapon; Bill Russell, the NBA's premier defensive specialist, who often became queasy before his clashes with scoring phenomenon Wilt Chamberlain; and benevolent Red Sox owner Toni Yawkey, who loved to take batting practice and often hailed Gowdy as he entered the clubhouse: "Hey, Curty, guess how many I hit off the wall?"" "From an intriguing account of Bob Cousy's court vision to an amusing reminiscence of Ted Williams's skill at fly fishing, it's all here - exactly what you'd expect from the man who is universally acknowledged as the voice of America's postwar sports explosion: Curt Gowdy."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved