Satchel Paige

I just found out he pitched three scoreless innings against the Red Sox...at age 59! He rested between innings in a rocking chair...

https://baseballhall.org/discover/insid ... -at-age-59


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Years ago I heard Whitey Herzog tell a story about Satchel Paige's arm. They were playing minor league ball together in Miami and they were warming up around first base and Satch came up to him and said "You see that hole in the fence out there?" So Whitey looks and there was a hole not much larger than a couple of baseballs in the left centerfield fence so he says "Yes" Well Satch said "I'll bet you I can throw a ball through the hole from here on the first try." So Whitey said OK. He said Satch grabbed a ball with his back to the fence and just wheeled around and flung the ball 300 or so feet through the hole and then he said to Herzog "Never doubt Satch" And the kicker is Paige is 50 or 51 years old at the time he did this.

These are the stories I love to read. Thanks for sharing, I learned a lot from the article.

On a side note, the article reports Satchel passed away on June 8, 1982......the day before I graduated from High School.