Satchel Paige
Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paigewas an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseballpitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth7 July 1906
CityMobile, AL
CountryUnited States of America
change baseball class
The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.
body body-temperature
It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.
august july born
I was born in August, no July, 1908.
harder
Smokey Joe (Williams) could throw harder than anyone.
sports running believe
I don't generally like running. I believe in training by rising gently up and down from the bench.
funny sports witty
Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.
sports moving swings
When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it.
baseball hurt years
Nobody likes the ball low and away, but that's where you're going to get it from me. I been pitching it there 50 years, away from them. That way they can't hurt you. You keep the ball in the park.
justice giving said
They said I was the greatest pitcher they ever sawI couldnt understand why they couldnt give me no justice.
curves daddy might
I got a curve so sneaky it might be your daddy.
years four said
I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old.
sparks used feels
I used to feel so bad before I got to the clubhouse, I didn't know what to do. But when I put that ballsuit on, I don't know where I got the spark to save my life.
blood fried-food
Don't eat fried food, it angries up the blood.
college
Don't go to college, unless to get knowledge.