Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Happy Birthday, Satchel!

Satchel Paige
Today in 1905 (or possibly 1906) Satchel Paige, the greatest pitcher ever to play the game, was born. He dominated the Negro Leagues, and finally played Major League Baseball after the color line was broken - a fifty-year-old rookie whose record was 6–1, with a 2.48 ERA, 2 shutouts, 43 strikeouts, 22 walks and 61 base hits allowed in 72 2/3 innings.

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At 8:49 PM, July 09, 2009 Blogger fev had this to say...

I actually saw him play when I was a little tiny baseball fan! When he signed with Atlanta to round out the pension minimum (Wikipedia mentions this but apparently has the date wrong), he pitched a little against the farm teams in exhibitions at the end of spring training. So I got to watch him throw a couple innings against Richmond (and an autograph). There were giants in those days ...

 

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