It’s Satchel Paige‘s birthday.
In an interview in the early ‘50s, Chet Brewer said “Satchel Paige is the best pitcher by far. Satchel has an arm that comes once every 50 years. It is loose all the time & he never has any trouble. Everything he does is colorful & he's a fast man with a gag!" pic.twitter.com/b7EpB4YibF
— Kyle McNary (@KyleMcNary) December 30, 2018
Rare-Satchel vs NY Yankees, 6/18/53, Yankee Stadium (from the BW Vintage Collection of the Flagstaff Films baseball home movie archive) pic.twitter.com/9KIWIM60z2
— Flagstaff Films (@Flagstafffilms) December 10, 2018
Baseball legend Satchel Paige explains how he got the nickname "Satchel" (The Dick Cavett Show – March 1970) #MLB #History pic.twitter.com/BEnfwZjxMS
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) December 5, 2018
Hank Aaron & Satchel Paige pose at the Baseball Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown, NY (1974) #MLB #Braves #HOF pic.twitter.com/ryRbPzJuAr
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) July 7, 2018
Happy Birthday to Satchel Paige, who would have turned 112 today! pic.twitter.com/orEqGjjbY7
— Hot Sauce🎙️ (@hotsaucepodcast) July 7, 2018
Today in History: baseball pitching great Satchel Paige born, 1906 #otd #tih #BaseballAmericana https://t.co/E0mnYkmIQr pic.twitter.com/MCw1TQNCDJ
— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) July 7, 2018
Satchel Paige's Rules For Staying Young, which admittedly I have not always followed to the letter pic.twitter.com/jU49neGCLm
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 7, 2018
Satchel Paige in Harlem, 1941 pic.twitter.com/0AZHWaQbpc
— SportsPaper (@SportsPaperInfo) July 1, 2018
Today in 1906: Satchel Paige, icon of the Negro League & major league baseball, is born. He signed this baseball.
Can't get enough baseball history? Join us for a special reception featuring baseball greats and the objects that helped make sports history. https://t.co/tXH1uTPaoH pic.twitter.com/IMN3jSXw8Z
— amhistorymuseum (@amhistorymuseum) July 7, 2018
#OTD in 1952, forty-six-year-old Satchel Paige pitched a 12-inn shutout v DET.
12 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 9 K
SLB 1, DET 0#Birdlandhttps://t.co/01M7MM7eaA#mlb pic.twitter.com/ybTnrb4Hvi
— Play Deep, ACME (@playdeepacme) August 7, 2018
