ements. Based on extensive interviews with friends, former teammates, opponents, and sports journalists, Koufax seeks to reacquaint generations of fans with a larger-than-life player from their youth and introduce a new generation, including myself, to the man once said to have "come down from a higher league." (Tom Sever)
             Pitching Game Seven against the Twins in Minnesota on two days' rest was the kind on big game Sandy seemed to thrive on. As he prepared to take the field, he had an applications of Capsolin rubbed on this throwing arm. He used such a heavy dosage that it made the eyes on those standing close to him tear up, and as the heating ointment seared his skin, for a moment it helped him forget his aching elbow. With that, Koufax was set to pitch the decisive game in baseball's world championship and the last of his career. He had always been a one to flourish beneath e
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