To him I say, incredulously: “Why aren’t you cheering?” To me he says, laconically: “I saw Williams.”He saw Ted Williams. Tom Callahan, the author of “Gods at Play,” saw Williams, as well as Cousy, Hawkins, Moore, McEnroe, Mays, Bryant, Musial. Mr. Callahan has done a lot of traveling over the years. Mr. Callahan predicted that, if the 49ers went far in the playoffs, Joe Montana would become a matinee idol. Mr. Callahan is on his own mission of memories.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 24, 2020 23:03 UTC