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Maybe I'll Pitch Forever
Satchel Paige was forty-two years old in 1948 when he became the first black pitcher in the American League. Although the oldest rookie around, he was already a legend. For twenty-two years, beginning in 1926, Paige dazzled throngs with his performance in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Then he outlasted everyone by playingwas part of Paige's story. So was fast living and a hu...more
Paperback, 299 pages
Published
January 1st 1993
by UNP - Bison Books
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For awhile I had been looking to find a book on Satchel Paige that I could read. But there were a lot of books out there to choose from, but I could never pick one . It wasn't until I read Buck O'Neil's book that I settled on Maybe I'll Pitch Forever. If this book was good enough for Buck, then it was good enough for me.
As for Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, this pretty much tells it like it is from the man himself: Leroy "Satchel" Paige. It's your typical biography detailing his...more
As for Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, this pretty much tells it like it is from the man himself: Leroy "Satchel" Paige. It's your typical biography detailing his...more
If you played a drinking game where you had to drink every time Satchel Paige called himself "Ol' Satch" you'd die of alcohol poisoning.
I found it a really enjoyable book, but one I couldn't take too seriously. Everything that ever happened on the mound, if all the things he claims happened even happened at all, he paints as being entirely in his control. Every hit he gave up was to make a point. Every strikeout was a sure thing, because he simply needed one. You get a good...more
I found it a really enjoyable book, but one I couldn't take too seriously. Everything that ever happened on the mound, if all the things he claims happened even happened at all, he paints as being entirely in his control. Every hit he gave up was to make a point. Every strikeout was a sure thing, because he simply needed one. You get a good...more
Not as good as Catching Dreams: My Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues, which along with a friend’s recommendation piqued my interest in reading more about Paige. It's still most definitely worth reading for all of Paige’s hilarious stories and experiences in baseball and his personal life. Only the Ball Was White is next.
Satchel Paige lived an interesting life and had a singular career as a baseball pitcher in a time of preparation and transition. His chance to play in an integrated major leagues came almost too late, although he a had a chance to help the Cleveland Indians into the World Series and to a championship in 1948.
While he was most certainly an intelligent man and more of a student of the game than he is commonly given credit for, the book inevitably becomes a bit of a one-note affair, giv...more
While he was most certainly an intelligent man and more of a student of the game than he is commonly given credit for, the book inevitably becomes a bit of a one-note affair, giv...more
Ole' Satch really did think highly of himself but even though he mentions how great his is constantly, I still love him. This man had to have been a true character and I don't think anyone could tell his story any better than he can. This book not only offers insight into the life of Satchel Paige but also presents a picture of what it was like to be a Negro League ball player. A must-read if you're interested in the subject.
Satchel Paige is the greatest voice in American literature.
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(from Wikipedia): Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, the first player to be inducted from the Negro leagues.
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