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	The Official Satchel Paige Biography Page
		It is estimated that Leroy "Satchel" Paige was born on July 7, 1905.
		Pronounced the greatest pitcher in the history of the Negro Leagues, Paige compiled such feats as 64 consecutive scoreless innings, a stretch of 21 straight wins, and a 31-4 record in 1933.
		In 1971, Leroy "Satchel" Paige was given the ultimate honor, he was elected to join the very best in baseball history in the Hall of Fame.
	www.satchelpaige.com /bio2.html (339 words)

	Satchel Paige - MSN Encarta
		Satchel Paige (1906?-1982), American baseball player, noted for the length of his career and the speed and variety of his pitches, such as the hesitation ball, which involved stopping his pitching motion momentarily during a pitch.
		Paige began his career with the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1920s and for two decades pitched for many teams, mainly in the Negro Leagues, throughout the United States.
		Paige pitched in his last major league game in 1965, and he later worked as a pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves of the National League (NL).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577901/Satchel_Paige.html (345 words)

	Celebrating Satchel's centennial - Roanoke.com
		Satchel Page pitched his first inning in the major leagues in 1948, when he was 42 years old — the oldest rookie in major league history.
		Paige biographer Mark Ribowksy quotes Bill Veeck, the man who brought Paige into the major leagues twice, as saying that on the personal questionnaires players routinely filled out, Paige sometimes said he was married and sometimes said he was not.
		Paige said he waded away from his house to a car he'd parked on a bridge and drove away, first to Baton Rouge, then to Washington, D.C. That's where the leaders are.
	www.roanoke.com /news/nrv/wb/72727 (1098 words)

	Blackbaseball.com :: Negro Baseball Leagues :: Satchel Paige
		Satchel Paige was the nearest thing to a legend that ever came out of the Negro Leagues.
		Satchel began his professional career in 1926 and soon thereafter established himself as a gate attraction and began playing the year around.
		Satchel pitched the Monarchs to four consecutive Negro American League Pennants (1939-42), culminating in a clean sweep of the powerful Homestead Grays in the 1942 World Series, with Satchel himself winning three of the games.
	www.blackbaseball.com /players/satchelpaige.htm (463 words)

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		Satchel was known to send all of his outfielders down to the dugout as he faced the league's biggest powerhitters, and struck them out effortlessly.
		Satchel was also already in his 40s at that point, and though he had no thoughts of retiring, he was not considered a prime candidate to integrate the major leagues.
		Satchel Paige was finally inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971; he was the first inductee elected from the Negro Leagues.
	northbysouth.kenyon.edu /2000/baseball/satchel.htm (538 words)

	Highlights from '77 interview of Satchel Paige
		Paige, who never had the chance to play in the major leagues until he was 42, followed Jackie Robinson and Roy Campanella to become the third African-American in Cooperstown.
		Paige and Smith had spent the afternoon at The Fairgrounds, the race track in New Orleans, and Satchel was less-than taken by the quality of the horses.
		Satchel was 42 before he was allowed to pitch in the major leagues with the Indians in 1948.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/0802paigeqanda.html (4103 words)

	Satchel Paige -- Defied age to earn greatness
		Paige's true age, however, is part of the controversy and flash of his character.
		Paige was born in Mobile, Alabama, the seventh of 11 children, during a time when accurate birth records were not readily available.
		Paige was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues in 1971.
	www.historicbaseball.com /players/p/paige_satchell.html (998 words)

	Satchel Paige
		Satchel Paige was a montage, a crazy quilt, a collage of the Negro Leagues, an enigma, a wonder of science.
		Paige was discovered by Alex Herman, player/manager of the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League, and former friend from the slums.
		Paige was legendary when it came to the number of different pitches he could throw in any situation and at any count on the batter.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3777.html (1968 words)

	African American Registry: Satchel Paige, baseball pitching legend . . .
		Paige was the most widely known African- American baseball player, until Jackie Robinson integrated the major leagues in the late 1940s.
		With a lanky 6'3" body and huge feet, Paige's characteristic stance was unmistakable on the mound as he uncoiled his long arms and let the ball fly.
		Paige continued to work as a pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves of the National League.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/262/Satchel_Paige_baseball_pitching_legend___ (444 words)

	ESPN.com: Paige never looked back
		Leroy "Satchel" Paige was the longtime Negro League star who eventually received his due in the majors.
		Indisputable, though, is this: Paige reached the major leagues at an age when most pitchers have long stopped stressing their rotator cuffs.
		Paige was the sixth of 12 children born to John Paige, a gardener, and Lula Coleman, a domestic worker in Mobile.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00016396.html (1179 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Satchel Paige \| PBS
		In his later years Paige, a humorous man, derived much amusement from the controversy about his age; his birth date is sometimes placed as early as Dec. 18, 1899.
		Before his major-league career, Paige was a pitcher for various teams in the Negro Southern Association and the Negro National League.
		Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/satchel_paige.html (361 words)

	Leroy "Satchel" Paige
		The name later became Paige when, "my folks later stuck in the 'i' to make themselves sound more high-toned," Paige was quoted as saying.
		New York Times Book of Sports Legends reported that Paige got his nickname when he was seven years old hustling baggage at the railroad depot in Mobile after inventing a contraption for carrying more bags.
		Paige was quoted as saying, "I rigged up ropes around my shoulders and my waist, and I carried a satchel in each hand and one under each arm....I carried so many satchels that all you could see were satchels.
	www.the-surfs-up.com /sports/leroypaige.html (974 words)

	Satchel Paige
		Paige's unique brand of showmanship combined with his remarkable skills on the mound to fill ballparks everywhere and keep the fans coming through the turnstiles through even the darkest days of the Great Depression.
		So great was the drawing power of Satchel Paige that he was often "loaned" to struggling teams who needed a quick boost in attendance to stay afloat.
		At the age of 42 Paige become the oldest rookie in major league history when he joined the Cleveland Indians during the 1948 pennant race.
	www.negroleaguebaseball.com /players/Paige.html (531 words)

	Satchel Paige (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Satchel Paige was the most famous and best known of all the baseball players that played in the old Negro Leagues during the
		Satchel pitched for the Crawfords of the Negro National League from 1932 to 1937.
		Satchel is reported to have pitched in over 2,500 games during his thirty year career, winning over 2000 of those games.
	multirace.org /firstday/first14.htm (558 words)

	Satchel Paige's America Alabama Review - Find Articles
		Paige began his professional career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts, and over the next two decades he pitched for the Kansas City Monarchs, the New York Black Yankees, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, and a host of other Negro League teams.
		In 1953, while Paige still pitched for the Cleveland Indians (and regularly skipped curfews and workouts), he was the subject of an amusing article in Collier's Magazine that solidified his folkloric status.
		Paige rambles on about moonshining techniques and old-fashioned medicine shows and the countless celebrities he has known, while trying to organize a few local youngsters into one last barnstorming effort.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3880/is_200510/ai_n15745314 (730 words)

	Satchel Paige Biography from Basic Famous People - Biographies of Celebrities and other Famous People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Satchel Paige was one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time.
		Paige was often tempted to jump from team to team or league to league, to get a bigger paycheck.
		Paige drew over 70,000 fans during two of his starts, an attendance record for baseball at the time, and helped the Indians set the season attendance mark that year.
	www.basicfamouspeople.com /index.php?aid=309 (548 words)

	Baseball needs to pack another Satchel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Satchel was accused in his day of putting too much zippity-do-dah in the game, and was often compared to fl stage and film performer Stepin Fetchit, who got rich on fl stereotyping that would be booed off any stage, street corner or sports field today.
		Satchel fans were delighted at the report of his having been stopped for speeding in his big red car and being hauled before a judge who fined him $40.
		Satchel told an interviewer that the family name really was Page, but that later -- perhaps about the time their Satchel was gaining national attention -- his family "stuck in the 'i' to make it seem a little more high-toned."
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /hahn/44562_hahn30.shtml (1239 words)

	Satchel Paige Biography and Summary
		Satchel Paige Born July 7, 1906 (Mobile, Alabama) Died June 5, 1982 (Kansas City, Missouri) Baseball player During the prosperous Roaring Twenties, more U.S. citizens than ever before had extra income to spend on entertainment.
		Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige(July 7 1906 (?) – June 8 1982) was an American right-handed pitcher in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball who is considered to be among the greatest pitchers of all time.
		Satchel Paige: Satchel Paige is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
	www.bookrags.com /Satchel_Paige (211 words)

	USATODAY.com - Satchel Paige's age eludes us, yet his wisdom is timeless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Paige (legend has it) won 2,100 games, 60 in one season, and 55 without giving up a hit.
		Paige became the first fl player to pitch in the World Series and the first Negro League player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (his plaque says he was 42 in 1948).
		Satchel Paige became the first fl player to pitch in the World Series and the first Negro League player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2006-07-05-satchel-paige-edit_x.htm (651 words)

	Satchel Paige
		Flashy and outspoken, Paige fashioned a legendary career in the Negro Leagues between 1925 and 1948 in the Negro Leagues.
		Paige performed one of his legendary feats while pitching for the Monarchs.
		Paige's status as a folk hero had its roots both in his durability and in the confusion about his date of birth.
	www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Paige.html (1392 words)

	Satchel Paige
		It was in that year, when Paige was well beyond most professional athletes' retirement age, that the Cleveland Indians gave the fl wizard his first contract in the previously segregated major leagues.
		Paige compiled only an average win-loss record in the majors, but he was always a force to be reckoned with.
		In 1971, Satchel Paige became the first player from the former Negro leagues elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
	www.hornpipe.com /ba/ba6a.htm (526 words)

	Satchel Paige: Baseball Career
		In 1951, Paige joined the St. Louis Browns and in 1952, he was nominated to play on the American League All-star team.
		In 1968, Satchel was hired by the Atlanta Braves to be a player-coach.
		Satchel Paige finally received the greatest reward in baseball by being admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
	www.mccsc.edu /~jcmslib/mlk/paige/career.htm (411 words)

	ESPN.com: GEN - Leroy "Satchel" Paige
		Satchel Paige was a star pitcher for the Kansas City Monarchs in the 1930s.
		In 1971, on what he called the proudest day of his life, Satchel was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the first player elected from the Negro Leagues.
		By most accounts, Leroy Robert Satchel Paige was born July 7, 1906, in Mobile, Ala.
	espn.go.com /gen/s/bhm2001/satchelpaige.html (218 words)

	Satchel Paige - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paige ended up bringing eight other players when he jumped to Los Dragones for their eight week season, including Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Leroy Matlock, Sam Bankhead, Harry Williams and Herman Andrews.
		Paige then joined the real Globetrotters when he joined one of their most popular “reams” – the “baseball routine.” Paige would “pitch” the basketball to Goose Tatum, who would “bat” the ball with his arms, run around the “bases” and slide “home” safely.
		On July 28, 2006, a statue of Satchel Paige was unveiled in Cooper Park, Cooperstown, NY commemorating the contributions of the Negro leagues to baseball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Satchel_Paige (6938 words)

	Amazon.com: Satchel Paige: Books: Lesa Cline-Ransome,James E. Ransome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The author's style is conversational and flavorful: after explaining that Paige, the seventh of 12 children, earned money for his family by toting travelers' luggage at the train depot, she writes, "When dimes weren't enough, Leroy took to stealing.
		Leroy or, Satchel Paige was one of the greatest pitchers of all time.
		Even though Paige was such a good pitcher he never made it to the majors until he was in his 50's because he was fl and fls weren't aloud to play at the time.
	www.amazon.com /Satchel-Paige-Lesa-Cline-Ransome/dp/0689811519 (1243 words)

	Baseball Lists on Baseball Almanac
		Ted Williams took time to rank the batters he believed were the twenty best, while Satchel Paige gave fans tips on how to stay young.
		These two, and several other legendary lists, have been told and retold throughout the years and below you'll discover some of the more memorable lists in baseball history.
		Something might be gaining on you." - Satchel Paige from his legendary list on 'How To Keep Young'
	baseball-almanac.com /limenu.shtml (197 words)

	Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige Was Born
		At the age of fifty-nine, Satchel Paige became the oldest player in the major leagues.
		Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige was born on July 7, 1906.
		Initially barred from the major leagues because he was African American, Paige played in what was referred to as "the Negro Leagues." Paige's pitching took the Kansas City Monarchs to five Negro American League pennants.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /jb/progress/jb_progress_satchel_1.html (121 words)

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