Saturday, August 29th, 2009
The Weekend: Satchel Paige
Satchel, by Larry Tye – I didn’t know much about Satchel Paige, other than his iconic status as the greatest pitcher in the old Negro Leagues of baseball and one of the greatest pitchers of all time anywhere. Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1906, Leroy Page became “Satchel” as a railroad porter, trying to make […]