Books related to Satchel Paige
  • Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome
    Description : No one pitched like Leroy "Satchel" Paige. Fans packed the stands to see how many batters he could strike out in one game. He dazzled them with his unique pitching style, and he even gave nicknames to some of his trademark pitches -- there was the "hesitation," his magic slow ball, and the "bee ball...more..
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  • King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige by Wes Tooke
    Description : Baseball legend Satchel Paige changes a boy’s life in this coming-of-age tale from the author of Lucky.When Nick is released from the hospital after suffering from polio, he is sure that his father will never look at him in the same way again. Once the best pitcher in youth league...more..
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  • Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige Vs. Rookie Joe Dimaggio (Carolrhoda Picture Books) by Rob Skead
    Description : In 1936, the New York Yankees wanted to test a hot prospect named Joe DiMaggio to see if he was ready for the big leagues. They knew just the ballplayer to call Satchel Paige, the best pitcher anywhere, black or white. For the game, Paige joined a group of amateur African American players, a...more..
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  • Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow by James Sturm
    Description : Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1905? – 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades.  Much has been written about this larger-than-life pitcher, but when it comes to Paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction.  He made a point of writing his own h...more..
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  • Satchel Paige and Company: Essays on the Kansas City Monarchs, Their Greatest Star and the Negro Leagues by Edited by Leslie A. Heaphy
    Description : Though Satchel Paige lived into the early 1980s, much of our information about his life and especially his career is the stuff of anecdote. He is nevertheless a central figure--arguably the central figure--in our reconstructions of Negro Leagues history. This collection of papers from the 9th Annual...more..
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  • Pitchin' Man: Satchel Paige's Own Story by Hal Lebovitz
    Description : “Everything in my association with Satch since has been unusual. He is a most remarkable fellow and one who is very nearly the most remarkable athlete of our time.” — Bill Veeck The first autobiography by Leroy “Satchel” Paige, one of the best and most colorful pitchers in the ...more..
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  • If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy Satchel Paige (SPORTS & AMERICAN CULTURE) by Donald Spivey
    Description :                       “If You Were Only White” explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever—an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and crowd-pleaser, a wizard with a baseball whose artistry and antics on th...more..
    Amazon Price : $29.95
  • Satchel Paige's America (Alabama Fire Ant) by William Price Fox
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  • Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome
    Description : No one pitched like the legendary African-American baseball player Leroy Satchel Paige. Fans packed the stands to see how many batters he could strike out in one game. He dazzled them with his unique pitching style, & he even gave nicknames to some of his trademark pitches -- there was the hesitatio...more..
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  • Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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    Amazon Price : $18.95