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With The Possible Exception Of Babe Ruth, There Are More Myths And Legends About Leroy Satchel Paige Than About Anyone In Baseball History. A Slender, Loose-limbed, Slow-walking, Hard-thrower From Baseball's Late Pre-integration Era, Paige Was Considered By Many To Be The Greatest Pitcher Who Ever Lived. The Claim Is Hard To Dispute, Since Paige Was At Least In His Forties By The Time The Major Leagues Were Willing To Admit Men Of Color, So His Record Is More Anecdotal Than Statistical. (even Satch's Exact Age Is A Figure Of Controversy, And Some Say He May Have Been Fifty By The Time He Joined The Cleveland Indians.) His Reputation Is Based On His Years In The Negro Leagues, And On The Times He Pitched For Barnstorming Teams That Played Against Major Leaguers. Satch's Feats Were Legendary. He Could Warm Up By Throwing Strikes Not Over Home Plate But Over A Matchbook. On A Signal From Satch All His Fielders Would Gather In The Infield And Sit And Watch While He Struck Out The Side, Usually On Nine Pitches. He Could Pitch Both Ends Of A Doubleheader, And Then Do It Again The Next Day In Another City A Couple Of Hundred Miles Down The Road. He Threw A Blazing Fastball With Pinpoint C

Author

Ribowsky, Mark

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671776749

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, Memoir