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How good was Satchel Paige?
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:31 pm
He played from '26 to '66, only suffering one major injury.
He played year round in Winter Leagues but along with the Negro Leagues it's impossible to know how many pitches he may have thrown. The man must have had a rubber arm.
When asked about his age he responded, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" And later, "age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
In only 6 years in the MLB he pitched in 179 games going 28-31 with a 3.29 ERA, making the All-star game in '52 and '53.
Has anyone on here ever read anything or seen a good movie they'd recommend on the life of Satchel Paige?
"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."
He played year round in Winter Leagues but along with the Negro Leagues it's impossible to know how many pitches he may have thrown. The man must have had a rubber arm.
When asked about his age he responded, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" And later, "age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
In only 6 years in the MLB he pitched in 179 games going 28-31 with a 3.29 ERA, making the All-star game in '52 and '53.
Has anyone on here ever read anything or seen a good movie they'd recommend on the life of Satchel Paige?
"Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines."
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Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:32 pm to goldenbadger08
He clearly had TWTW
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:32 pm to goldenbadger08
Really good. Like really, really, really good.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:37 pm to mattz1122
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Really good. Like really, really, really good.
maybe. there really isn't any proof that he was as good as you say. how good was rocky marciano?
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:38 pm to goldenbadger08
Not getting to play in MLB until age 42 on forward, we will never know the definitive truth of his greatness. But, his overall career was incredible.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:40 pm to goldenbadger08
It's very difficult to say really
But I did this radio thing one time at a card show and was truly blessed to sit on air with Buck O'Neil for one hour
He talked about Satchel like he invented baseball. Said he was the greatest pitcher he ever saw.
That's the only stuff you can really go by IMO
But I did this radio thing one time at a card show and was truly blessed to sit on air with Buck O'Neil for one hour
He talked about Satchel like he invented baseball. Said he was the greatest pitcher he ever saw.
That's the only stuff you can really go by IMO
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:43 pm to goldenbadger08
LINK
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He could throw so accurately that his teammates would stand there with lit cigarettes in their mouths and let him, with a hard ball thrown at their face at 90 mph, knock the cigarettes out.
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When Satchel Paige was on the mound pitching, he had such confidence in his ability to strike out a batter that he would call in his outfielders and have them sit in the infield. Sometimes he’d call in his infielders, too. It was basically him against the batter. He did it, and he did it again and again.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:45 pm to Jim Rockford
Thanks for the link
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He could throw so accurately that his teammates would stand there with lit cigarettes in their mouths and let him, with a hard ball thrown at their face at 90 mph, knock the cigarettes out.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:45 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:50 pm to goldenbadger08
Soul of the Game an HBO movie about Satchel Paine, Josh Gibson and Jackie Robinson. Real good. An underrated baseball classic.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 6:53 pm to goldenbadger08
He could throw a pork chop past a wolf. So I'm told.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:15 pm to Mottleduk
He makes fast people not fast.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:19 pm to goldenbadger08
He was a son of a bitch
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:31 pm to LSU GrandDad
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maybe. there really isn't any proof that he was as good as you say.
The numbers he put up while old as shite in the Mlb is a pretty good indication.
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:35 pm to D011ahbi11
And it's not like white MLBers didn't see him during the barnstorming days. They did see him and many confirm the stories of others fwiw
Eta: ppl think that he never faced white players that were MLBers. Which isn't true. He faced them just not in the NL or AL. Many white guys who were MLB players would play in the winter and such and face the negro teams and such
Eta: ppl think that he never faced white players that were MLBers. Which isn't true. He faced them just not in the NL or AL. Many white guys who were MLB players would play in the winter and such and face the negro teams and such
This post was edited on 7/20/13 at 7:40 pm
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:37 pm to goldenbadger08
Even though there was some dubious record keeping with Negro League, there were studs playing each other all the time. Also, Negro League would have exhibitions against MLB clubs on Sundays (I believe), and the Negro Leaguers supposedly won about 2/3 of those games.
Oscar Charleston
Satchel Paige
Josh Gibson
Turkey Stearnes
Cool Papa Bell
Rube Foster
Etc
These dudes would have been studs in any league or era.
Read The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski
Oscar Charleston
Satchel Paige
Josh Gibson
Turkey Stearnes
Cool Papa Bell
Rube Foster
Etc
These dudes would have been studs in any league or era.
Read The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posnanski
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:44 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
quote:Heard of him. The home run king.
Josh Gibson
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:46 pm to goldenbadger08
Ken Burns has a documentary called Baseball
Mainly chronicles the beginning of the game and focuses largely from the 1890s-Babe Ruth
Huge parts of the episodes focus on the Negro Leagues and former players that batted against him gave interviews of how he was the greatest pitcher of all time
Mainly chronicles the beginning of the game and focuses largely from the 1890s-Babe Ruth
Huge parts of the episodes focus on the Negro Leagues and former players that batted against him gave interviews of how he was the greatest pitcher of all time
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:52 pm to Vicks Kennel Club
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Read "The Soul of Baseball" by Joe Posnanski
This.
His autobiography "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever" is pretty good also.
This post was edited on 7/20/13 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 7/20/13 at 7:55 pm to Sheep
Dizzy Dean said if he and Satch were on the same team, they would clinch the pennant by July 4th and fish the rest of the season. Satch was legit.
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