Satchel Paige (1906-1982)

Satchel Paige (1906-1982)

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American baseball player whose pitching in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball (MLB) made him a legend in his own lifetime. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, the first player to be inducted based upon his play in the Negro leagues.

Paige was a right-handed pitcher and was the oldest rookie to play in the MLB at the age of 42. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926.

Paige began his professional career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League, and played his last professional game on June 21, 1966, for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League.[3]

Paige was among 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 America, Paige would have his infielders sit down behind him and then routinely strike out the side[4]. As a member of the Cleveland Indians, Paige became the oldest rookie in Major league Baseball and attracted record crowds wherever he pitched.

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Quotes·Quotations by Satchel Paige

Advice

¶ Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.

¶ Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Age

¶ Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Food

¶ Don't eat fried food. It angries up the blood.

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Notes

[1]^ a b "Famous Monarchs Play Copper Sox Tonight" Montana Standard, Butte, Montana, Saturday Morning, July 1, 1939, Page 8, Columns 1 and 3
[2]^ a b c "Satchel Paige to Take Slab Monday Against Ogden Club" Ogden Standard-Examiner, Ogden UT, August 18, 1940, Page 7, Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5
[3]^ Tye 2009, pp. 24–29, 272.
[4]^ .Kelley, James. Baseball. New York: Shoreline Publishing Group, 2000. 44-45. Print.

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Oscar Levant (1906-1972)

Oscar Levant (1906-1972)

Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was more famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.

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Quotes·Quotations by Oscar Levant

Appearance

@ It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
[Describing himself, in lines he contributed to An American In Paris (1951), although officially credited to Alan Jay Lerner, as told in The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965); also quoted in The Dictionary of Biographical Quotation of British and American Subjects (1978) by Richard Kenin and Justin Wintle, p. 485]

¶ Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Genius

@ There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
[As quoted in Celebrity Register : An Irreverent Compendium of American Quotable Notables (1959) by Cleveland Amory]