Satchel Paige, Paperback

Reducere. DescriptionLeroy "Satchel" Paige was a man of many words--boastful, brash, bitter, wise. Maybe I'll Pitch Forever is Paige's story in his own words...

DescriptionBaseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has ...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. Soon after Satchel Paige arrived at spring training in 1937 to pitch for the Pittsburgh Crawfords, he and five of his teammates, including Josh Gib...

Reducere. Descriptionfrom "The Trouble Ball On my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail and baseball. The loudspeakers ...

Reducere. The Kansas City Monarchs are arguably the best-known of all Negro League teams, thanks in part to the inimitable Satchel Paige's association with t...

Charter members of the Negro National League, stepping stone for Jackie Robinson, home base for Satchel Paige, and training ground for more than tw...

DescriptionThis baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in th...

Reducere. This first exhaustive history of the Negro leagues sheds new light and delves deeper than any previous work. Find out how black fans came to cheris...

Reducere. From Babe Ruth to Bo Jackson, from Cool Papa Bell to Lou Brock, Buck O'Neil has seen it all. As a first baseman and then manager of the legendary K...

Baseball Under the Palms: A History of Miami Minor League Baseball - The Early Years (1892-1960), tells the fascinating story of the growth of hard...

Reducere. Winner of the SABR Seymour MedalCasey Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year by Spitball Magazine Winner of SABR's Larry Ritter and Robert Peters...

Reducere. America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a g...

Reducere. With The Gashouse Gang, John Heidenry delivers the definitive account of one the greatest and most colorful baseball teams of all times, the 1934 S...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Darrin Donnelly"Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do." - Satchel Paig...

Reducere. Early in the 1920s, the New York Giants sent a scout to watch a young Cuban play for Foster's American Giants, a baseball club in the Negro Leagues...