Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball

Ribowsky, Mark

ISBN 10: 0671776746 / ISBN 13: 9780671776749

Verlag: Simon and Schuster, New York, 1994

Beschreibung

351 pages. Index. Mark Ribowsky is the author of Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations, The Supremes: A Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal and the New York Times Notable Book Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, among other books. Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 - June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first electee of the Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1971.Paige first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He began his professional baseball career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League and became one of the most famous and successful players from the Negro leagues. While his outstanding control as a pitcher first got him noticed, it was his infectious, cocky, enthusiastic personality and his love for the game that made him a star. On town tours across the United States, Paige would have his infielders sit down behind him and then routinely strike out the side. He played his last professional game on June 21, 1966, for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League. Good. Black mark at bottom edge. Fair DJ has some wear, soiling, and edge tears. DJ has some damp stains at bottom back with minimal impact on rear cover and spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 72069

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Titel: Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the ...

Verlag: Simon and Schuster, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1994

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Auflage: First Edition, First Printing.

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The first complete chronicle of the life of Satchel Paige, the first Negro League star inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, vividly portrays the great pitcher and his times, offering a colorful look at the man behind the legends. 25,000 first printing.