59 year old Satchel Paige walks off the field with manager Haywood Sullivan after retiring nine of 10 Boston batters, Sept. 25, 1965. Photo by The Kansas City Star pic.twitter.com/TFSvS3Lxc2
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) October 30, 2023
"Satchel Paige heard an opposing player in Denver call him an "overrated darkie." He told me to bring in the infielders & outfielders and had the seven of them kneel around him as he struck out the side on nine pitches."
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) October 26, 2023
Buck O`Neil pic.twitter.com/UdL5LWk6CG
“Depending on how he gripped the ball & how hard he threw it, Paige had pitches that included the bat-dodger, the two-hump blooper, the four-day creeper, the dipsy-do, Little Tom, the Long Tom, the bee ball, the wobbly ball, the hurry-up ball and the nothin’ ball.”
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) October 25, 2023
Buck O'Neil pic.twitter.com/rRceDJgXfe
Satchel Paige, after giving up a leadoff triple to a player named Jerry McCarthy, pulled all of his players except his catcher off the field, telling them to sit down and watch. Nine pitches and three strikeouts later, McCarthy was left stranded at third. pic.twitter.com/pJeDmBW58P
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 21, 2023
Satchel Paige taking batting practice pic.twitter.com/NDYAuYIpQg
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) October 17, 2023
Awesome story about Satchel Paige and Willie Mays match up: pic.twitter.com/m5xDBSNLqQ
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) September 13, 2023
Ted Williams faced Satchel Paige late in his career. Satch dominated the AB by blowing him away with 3 FB. Ted was so mad at himself, he smashed his bat on the dugout railing. Despite his frustration, he respected Satch so much, that he asked him to sign it. Now the bat is in… pic.twitter.com/z7km4Ankox
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) September 6, 2023
Satchel Paige and Dizzy Dean at Wrigley Field, 1947 pic.twitter.com/tgUQWIWR6R
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) September 3, 2023
Sad! 