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For a brief period he played against Leroy Satchel Paige. I ve coached 80 percent of the coaches that are coaching now and everything I learned from White, Martin said. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
SNY Heats Up 'Mets Hot Stove,' Turns Back Clock On 1962-1988 Seasons Nov 12, 2009
First up: the 1971 season, which includes footage of an old-timers' game in which Satchel Paige is seen pitching, and in which Bobby Thomson pitched to Ralph Branca. Other notable footage showcases a young Ralph Kiner giving batting tips to Ken Singleton and Casey Stengel strolling out to centerfield clubhouse at the Polo Grounds -- a la Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza's final walk during the closing of Shea Stadium. (Multichannel News)
Mexican League: baseball south of the border Nov 4, 2009
For the next 22 years, until Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, finally integrating baseball in America, many of the great African-American players chose to play in Mexico at one time or another, including Hall of Famers Willie Wells, Josh Gibson (perhaps the best catcher ever), Satchel Paige and Cool Papa Bell. They not only liked the money, they liked the lifestyle, the food, the fun and the acceptance of their skin color. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Satchel Paige vs. Babe Ruth Oct 29, 2009
I take Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell, Dihigo, Judy Johnson, and George Henry "Tank" Carr ... But they have to bat against Satchel Paige ... "But it gives you a new appreciation for Satchel Paige, striking out nine guys in seven innings. You did see the overall quality of the major leagues improve, but it didn't take anything away from Ruth.". (Slate)
‘Cannonball’ enthusiast wins ownership of collection Oct 2, 2009
It s a fitting conclusion for Ginns, who had spent months scrambling to get the artifacts of Jackman, who has been compared to Leroy Satchel Paige, the right-hander whose pitching in the Negro League and the Major Leagues made him a legend. Ginns, who established the Cannonball Foundation in June, wants to chronicle Jackman s legacy and the lives of other Negro League players from New England. (Boston Globe)
Cards October Message Board Contest Begins Oct 2, 2009
The Negro League legend and Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige spent the majority of his brief and late major league career with the 1951-1953 St. Louis Browns at the ages of 44-46. Tyes book is meticulously researched and serves as a complete ledger of the life and career one of the most-important figures in baseball in the 20th Century. (St. Louis, TheInsiders.com)
Paige biographer to host talk at Temple Isaiah Sep 24, 2009
Lexington author and journalist Larry Tye will speak about his new book, Satchel Paige: The Life and Times of an American Legend, Sunday, Oct. 4 at Temple Isaiah, 55 Lincoln St.. The breakfast will start at 9:30 a.m. and the presentation will begin at 10. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Power-pop vets team up for Baseball Project Sep 15, 2009
The Baseball Project just recorded a new second volume, but the bulk of its material will come from the debut, which featured songs such as the Paisley Underground throwback "Jackie's Lament," country rocker "Satchel Paige Said," '60s psych-pop tune "Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays" and "Broken Man," which delves into Mark McGwire and steroids. One highlight is "," a country two-step about the day the former Pirates pitcher lost his perfect game in the 13th inning. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Lackey shuts out Mariners Sep 11, 2009
It was legendary Satchel Paige who liked to say, "Don't look back -- someone might be gaining on you.". The Angels have been feeling the presence of the Rangers, whether they'll admit it or not, and they have responded with happy endings in six of their past seven adventures. (MLB.com -- Anaheim Angels)
Mets recall Takahashi, option Misch Aug 25, 2009
Takahashi had become only the third post-1945 player to make his Major League debut at age 40 or older, joining Satchel Paige (42, 1948 Indians) and Diomedes Olivo (41, 1960 Pirates). Misch went 0-1 with a 4. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
10 things we do not miss Aug 12, 2009
What kind of win total would Satchel Paige have had if he'd pitched in the majors before he was 42 years old. The injustice of segregation prevented the day's best baseball players from competing against each other, so in a sport that prides itself on its history and statistical comparisons, there's a lingering what if. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
OPEN COURT: Steroids, yet again Aug 2, 2009
Prior to Jackie Robinson shattering the color barrier, baseball greats such as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck O Neill and hundreds of men we ve never even heard of didn t get the chance to compete on the biggest stage. Yet nobody feels the need to put an asterisk next to Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig in the record books, even though they didn t face the best possible competition. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
After many errors, Hall of Fame hit home run Aug 1, 2009
But it is a scene that would have delighted Satchel Paige, whose induction nearly 40 years ago was a memorial to the days when our national pastime was all-white and blacks were banished to a peripheral world called the Negro Leagues. It was Leroy Satchel Paige's moment of majesty as he stood on the dais that August morning in 1971, ready to be enshrined as a diamond demigod ... The staunchly Republican Red Sox slugger Ted Williams led the push, taking time out during his own 1966 induction to... (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Cardinal Defense Stuffs the Dodgers Jul 29, 2009
"Harmon Killebrew is angry that Manny Ramirez now is ahead of Mickey Mantle and other steroid users have passed Killebrew on the all-time homerun record list. Feels that those who used steroids shouldn't count. Well, a thought occurred to me. Should the records of white baseball players who played before 1947 count? They had it easy--never had to face black players like Josh Gibson who might have easily beaten their records. Or some of the great black players who played in the majors after 1947... (Los Angeles, TheInsiders.com)
Henderson, Rice Enter Hall Of Fame Jul 27, 2009
"I thought if Satchel Paige can start playing major league baseball at the age of 45, then with my dedication, hard work and desire, I can play the game until my body said it was time to hang it up." Considered by many as the top leadoff hitter in baseball history, Henderson scored 2,295 runs and finished with 1,406 stolen bases. He had 3,055 career hits, including 297 home runs, and hit 81 homers leading off a game to set a record. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Greinke's record skewed by support in KC Jul 23, 2009
Larry Tye will discuss his new book about Satchel Paige called "Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend" at 6 p.m. CT on Friday in the Outfield Experience at the stadium. Also participating will be longtime Royals broadcaster Fred White and Royals Hall of Famer pitcher Paul Splittorff. (MLB.com -- Kansas City Royals)
Wakefield stays on bench Jul 17, 2009
At 42 years, 346 days, Wakefield was the oldest first-time All-Star since Satchel Paige was 46 in 1952. Hometown hero. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Crawford, bullpen keep AL win streak alive Jul 17, 2009
NOTES: Tim Wakefield, at 42 years, 346 days the oldest first-time All-Star since Satchel Paige was 46 in 1952, didn't get into the game. He was held back as a potential AL pitcher for extra innings. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Dynamic duos Jul 14, 2009
At 42, he's the second-oldest first-time All-Star, after Satchel Paige, who made it as a 46-year-old in 1952. Some hitters would just as soon face Paige's ghost than Wakefield's floaters. (USA Today -- Sports)
Wakefield soaking in All-Star experience Jul 14, 2009
The only player in Major League history to appear in an All-Star Game for the first time who was older than Wakefield was 46-year-old Satchel Paige, and that was back in 1952. So Wakefield is doing something that hasn't been done in more than a half-century. (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)
Wakefield bringing baseball's wildest pitch to All-Star Game Jul 10, 2009
Only Hall of Famer Satchel Paige was older when he was named an All-Star for the first time for the 1952 game held the day after his 46th birthday but Paige wasn't eligible until he was 42, when he came to big leagues in 1948, the year after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Wakefield's appearance will break a different streak. (USA Today -- Sports)
Hairston's baseball heritage Jul 10, 2009
"He always mentioned great players who were unnoticed because of their skin color," said Scott, adding he also heard stories passed down from his father about Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and others, including a teenager breaking in with Birmingham who had it all, a kid named Willie Mays. Jerry Sr. is a hitting instructor in the White Sox's system. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
All-Star Wakefield gets AL-leading 11th win Jul 9, 2009
The 42-year-old Wakefield (11-3) is the second-oldest player to be selected for the game behind Satchel Paige, who was 46 in 1952. Wakefield will wait to see what AL manager Joe Maddon of Tampa Bay plans for him. (MSNBC -- Sports)
A quiet subversive on the mound Jul 7, 2009
Leroy Satchel Paige did all that at a time when players relied on their skills, not steroids, salaries were measured in thousands rather than millions, and no one had heard of a pitch count or of Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez, or any of the other bad boys of contemporary baseball ... No athlete has ever made a better case than Satchel Paige for sports being about athleticism and fun. (Boston Globe)
Wakefield an All-Star rookie at age 42 Jul 6, 2009
By making the team at 42 years old, Wakefield became the oldest player to make the All-Star team for the first time since Satchel Paige. After years of dominance in the Negro Leagues, Paige went to his first Major League All-Star Game in 1952 at the age of 46. (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)
Wakefield easily the star of six Stars for the Red Sox Jul 6, 2009
Wakefield is the oldest first-time All-Star since the - and this is one time the word is not being abused - legendary Satchel Paige made the AL squad at age 46 (supposedly) in 1953. He is also the first knuckleball pitcher to be an All-Star since Charlie Hough in 1986. (Boston Globe)
Morning Leadoff Jul 6, 2009
50 years ago (1959): Bismarck's amatuer baseball team jumped on Satchel Paige and the Cubal Stars to take a 5-2 victory before 402 loyal fans. Bill Hockenbury had two hits and a run batted in for Bismarck, while Jim Simle had a hit and scored a run. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Cardinals' Pujols Headlines 2009 All-star Starters Jul 6, 2009
Wakefield, a knuckleballer who recently set a Red Sox record for most career starts, is the second oldest player to make his first All-Star Game appearance to Satchel Paige, who was 46 years old. Joining Wakefield are Kansas City's Zack Greinke; Toronto's Roy Halladay; Detroit's Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson; the White Sox's Mark Buehrle; Boston's Jonathan Papelbon and Josh Beckett; Minnesota's Joe Nathan; the Yankees' Mariano Rivera, who is making his 10th All-Star Game appearance; the... (ABC 7 News, DC)
Red Sox sending six to St. Louis Jul 6, 2009
Wakefield is the oldest first-time All-Star since Satchel Paige (46 years old) in 1952. All-Star Game rosters | Starters: | Pitchers: | Reserves. (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)
Some of the giants of the games Jul 5, 2009
This is in part because Satchel Paige was a true original and a fellow so good at what he did that, like Babe Ruth, he altered not only the pay scale but the landscape for his teammates and his opponents ... But Tye gives us the man as well as the myth, Satchel Paige as simultaneously proud and wounded, triumphant but bitter about being cheated of what he might have achieved in a less racist world, at once very much part of baseball s history and larger than the limitations of the game s... (Boston Globe)
JoelShermanInside Baseball At 42, Tim Wakefield has slowly, steadily become a Red Sox icon. Jul 2, 2009
He would fall only behind Satchel Paige, who was named to the 1952 AL team for an All-Star Game that would be played one day after Paige's 46th birthday. "I am pulling for him bad," says , a Mets' infielder and former teammate of Wakefield's. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
'Satchel' traces the life of a trailblazing baseball showman and star Jun 29, 2009
Satchel Paige is the subject of a biography by former Globe reporter Larry Tye ... The charismatic pitcher Satchel Paige was to baseball s Negro Leagues during the Great Depression what Babe Ruth was to white baseball. (Boston Globe)
Pirates Notebook: Morgan honored to wear throwback Jun 27, 2009
" The Pirates honored the Grays to the point where even fellows who usually don baggy, long pants last night rolled up the legs -- a few inches above the spikes for some (Brandon Moss and Adam LaRoche), to almost the knees for others (Andy LaRoche, Jack Wilson, Freddy Sanchez and Jason Jaramillo). The visiting Royals dressed in the Kansas City Monarchs' red. The uniforms, and Grays' cap giveaway night, were all part of the African American Heritage Festival celebration around PNC Park. The... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Ball, fathe00001314rhood hand-in-hand for Hairstons Jun 20, 2009
"He always told me great stories about playing in the Negro Leagues and playing with and against Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige and obviously Jackie Robinson," Hairston Jr. said. "I knew all those stories growing up. I was extremely fortunate to have that kind of family.". (MLB.com -- Cincinnati Reds)
Time to right some wrongs May 19, 2009
Satchel Paige would have been pitching against Babe Ruth if professional baseball had been a competitive industry. Government, using its monopoly of coercion, imposes the costs of discrimination on its hapless targets. (Globe and Mail)
Crisp holds chat with Royals faithful May 6, 2009
To answer your question though, it would be nice to face Satchel Paige, that would have been pretty cool. yayuh: hi coco. (MLB.com -- Kansas City Royals)
Zito strives for quality against Rockies May 3, 2009
Florida's Charlie Hough struck out nine in nine innings in 1994 against St. Louis, and the St. Louis Browns' Satchel Paige struck out nine in 12 innings in 1952 against Detroit. Both were 46. (MLB.com -- San Francisco Giants)
Oldest Baseball Pitchers May 2, 2009
Hall of famer Satchel Paige made his Major League debut at the age of 42 in 1948 for the Cleveland Indians, becoming the oldest ever-debuting player. Before that, he spent over 20 years playing in the Negro League, Cuba and Mexico. (Suite101.com)
THE AMAZING PIERCE: Hard to believe Celtic had doubters Apr 30, 2009
He would watch Roy Halladay pitch with all that intensity, and in his mind he would see Bob Feller or Satchel Paige or Bob Gibson. And he often said: "You'll do the same thing when you get old like me.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Ferrell, Alomar Jr. head Tribe Hall class Apr 9, 2009
But Veeck also helped integrate the game by signing Larry Doby in 1947 and Satchel Paige in '48. Veeck owned the Tribe from 1946-49. (MLB.com -- Cleveland Indians)
Anderson quite familiar with Moyer Apr 6, 2009
The others were Phil Niekro (1984-86), Satchel Paige (1952) and Jack Quinn (1929). Tidbits Francoeur was just 2 years old when Moyer made his Major League debut. (MLB.com -- Atlanta Braves)
Phillies turn to Moyer to even series Apr 6, 2009
The others were Phil Niekro (1984-86), Satchel Paige (1952) and Jack Quinn (1929). ATL: RHP Jair Jurrjens (13-10, 3. (MLB.com -- Philadelphia Phillies)
2009 Spring Events in Tucson, Arizo... Mar 1, 2009
where Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitor's Center points out that such greats as Mickey Mantle and Satchel Paige played, and the movie Major League was filmed. See more in Lynn s article, Spring Training Future. (Suite101.com)
Field of memories Feb 22, 2009
Woods played against legends Satchel Paige and Lou Brock ... All of them included legendary Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige at Horlick Field ... Satchel Paige got up there and he told us he was going to strike us all out. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Jeff PearlmanPEARLS OF WISDOM Feb 21, 2009
Ever since his boyhood, Boyd has considered himself something of a modern day Satchel Paige, the legendary Negro Leaguer who pitched for the Kansas City Athletics at age 58 in 1965. Like Paige, Boyd is long and thin and charismatic and seemingly unable to age. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Passionate leaders create wide-spread results Feb 10, 2009
Media Credit: Courtesy Steve TerryILS students partnered with UMKC Athletes to clean up Satchel Paige Stadium. Media Credit: Courtesy Steve TerryMore than 600 volunteers participated in Tulips on Troost. (University News, MO)
Sports lore an important part of the games Feb 8, 2009
Satchel Paige telling his fielders to sit down while he struck out the side. Danny Ainge, or Tyus Edney, driving fullcourt to hit a buzzer-beating layup and advance in the NCAA tournament. (Creston News Adertiser, IO)
