Satchel Paige

Noun

Meaning

United States baseball player; a black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)

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For a guy who had retired ostensibly, your comeback represents the greatest event since Satchel Paige. Fred Astaire

I myself am more and more inclined to agree with Omar and Satchel Paige as I grow older Don't try to rewrite what the moving finger has writ, and don't ever look over your shoulder. Ogden Nash

Feller leased two DC-3 airplanes, with "Bob Feller All-Stars" painted on one fuselage and "Satchel Paige All-Stars" on the other. Source: Internet

In 1948, needing pitching for the stretch run of the pennant race, Veeck turned to the Negro League again and signed pitching great Satchel Paige amid much controversy. Source: Internet

On July 28, 2006, a statue of Satchel Paige was unveiled in Cooper Park, Cooperstown, New York commemorating the contributions of the Negro leagues to baseball. Source: Internet

That winter, a northern California promoter, Johnny Burton, hired Paige to front a team called the "Satchel Paige All-Stars", in a game to be held on February 7, 1936 in Oakland against a white all-star squad. Source: Internet

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