The legendary Satchel Paige broke through the Negro Leagues’ barriers and became a household name, captivating American baseball fans with his remarkable pitching and charismatic storytelling.

He was also the last strikeout victim of baseball legend Satchel Paige. It happened on Sept. 25, 1965, as Paige, a Negro Leagues icon who didn’t get a chance in integrated baseball until he was ...

The history of the Negro Leagues will carry ... the stars who played when the league operated from the 1880s through 1950. Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, Satchel Paige and “Cool Papa” Bell are ...

The moment occurred minutes before one of the most important games in the history of the Negro Leagues ... Wilber “Bullet” Rogan. “As Satchel Paige would say, Rogan was the onliest ...

It also was a preview of his new collaboration with Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and ... “My dad used to mimic Satchel Paige and some of the ways he’d do his mechanics. It hit me close ...

9/25/65: In his return to the mound, 59-year-old Satchel Paige pitches three scoreless innings against the Red Sox ...

Players donned classic Negro Leagues jerseys. One group formed the Birmingham Black Barons, for whom Willie Mays began his stellar career and Satchel Page pitched, while the other team became the ...

Also available are a Monarchs replica jersey and a hooded jersey with the Monarchs’ “KC” logo. Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick said in a release that the museum is proud ...

they’ll be the newest addition to the independent baseball league and will play their home games at Satchel Paige Memorial Stadium. “People will be impressed. I think this will be a ...

Nonfiction author Kazuo Sayama quotes Negro League ace pitcher Satchel Paige (1906-1982) as noting to the effect, "To me, a Black team beating a white team is no news because the Negro Leagues are ...