I’ve been looking for actual footage of him throwing on the mound and I can finally see that he actually did have a good fastball. Looks like he slung it, probably had some movement too!

Robinson was the beginning of the end of the negro league

Mty uncle homered against him and swallowed his chaw while rounding rhe bases. Satch must have given him a slow balloon to hit. My best friend hit a double off him. Sstch was probably 65 years ols then. Stll throwing it .

What a gentleman, good sense humor, great pitcher, Great story

At 45 years old (and people THEN were saying he was older) he went 12-10 with a 3.07 era. That's unreal

My Dad told me the story of watching Paige pitch ball in Merritton Ontario Canada during the 1940's. I guess Satchel was travelling through the Buffalo Area and got a call from a friend in St.Catharines, Ontario. Being there are significant Black Society in the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. I guess Satchel may have come for the Church Congregation of the legendary Harriet Tubman. Niagara was the last stop of the Underground Railroad, and many ex-Slave families resided in the Niagara Region. Merritton was a bustling Welland Canal town on the inland waterways.

Satchel was gifted with a fastball and height for his era, but you can see that he is primarily an elite pitcher first and foremost, showman second.

Sachel Paige was the 3rd best pitcher all time.

Haha I said Lebron James is like this guy. Maybe, I am too. He got a late start.

Holy shit, it’s amazing all the idiots that know nothing about baseball that are in the comments. I could go down to my local high school in Georgia and find better pitchers than him. Just reading some of these ridiculous is comments is absolutely insane lol

mlb 23 brought me here. crazy id never heard of him before

It’s almost impossible to fathom how many records Satch would have if he had been allowed to play in his prime. Virtually all of them.

Learning about him now thanks to MLB The Show.

I thought there was a video of him throwing a screwball in a demonstration.

Maybe the greatest, too bad they didn’t let the Blacks play in the major leagues, they had tons of talent

They knew they was no match for him in his prime, and he still showed them up once he got old.

The best to ever do it

Goat

Just imagine if the united States wasn't so fascist back then.

Hey bro 0:38 who is this ledy ?

If satch started in the pros in his 20s he would likely hold every record possible. He'd be known as the greatest to ever step on the mound

The G.O.A.T.

I wish I could have grown up back in those days. You had all those great baseball leagues to go watch plus the barn storming.

3:20 That ball is still hopping.

of this pitcher was me okay i was a cop white boy Italian living life looking for nothing cop

KZbin pushing this to the top of my feed. Totally not playing cover for Joe’s Veterans Day speech.

Let's Go Brandon!!!

Joe Biden once said...

Let's go Brandon!

Bruh I can’t even write what Biden said, my comment gets deleted lmao!!!

Joe Biden brought me here 😀

Imagine if scho page was allowed to play major league basketball during his prime he would hold all the pitching record in major league baseball

When Satchel Paige joined MLB for ten years ago, he must have surely achieved 200 wins. Amazing Satch！

3:20 That ball is still hopping.

The endless prejudice in this country could not dim Satchel Page's talent. Nice to see the late, great Buck O'Neil in this video.

I love the story of Satchel Paige. One of my favorite stories of baseball. Very interesting.

If Babe had to face Paige in his prime he would not have had the numbers he did.

That man was playing in my country Dominican Republic. We had a amazing history of mister paige

FELLER WAS FULL OF SHIT!!! those black players were better & more talented

My what I thought was obvious point was that Ruth was Hall of Fame PITCHER as well as hitter. NOBODY who will ever live will be able to come CLOSE to the excellence Ruth showed on the mound (his last full pitch ing year was at age 23 by then winning 100 games). Please look at his pitching record. He could have won 350-400 games as a pitcher if he never picked up a bat.

Shit makes me cry.. I mkss this game so much...the boys the sounds the meals playing cards pranks...i love baseball

I don’t even like baseball. I don’t have the patience. But I would watch any man or woman who has amazing talent. I watch all the Olympics, for example. Used to follow ABC sports like a junkie. Nothing like that, nowadays. No continuity. By the way, why no women’s baseball? Just askin’. Wink-wink,nudge-nudge.

This guy was a self-starter, he knew how to market his talent, imagine the gazillions he would have earned in a proper free market. We never got to see him in his prime.

His ERA would be over 8.00 if he pitched today.

I'm proud to know and say this is my great great uncle on my father's side. As a kid I use to wonder why I was so tall compared to my parents who are short. Though, on my mother's side there are tall ppl. I spoke with my grandmother(dad's mom) one day as a kid, and she asked me if I knew who my uncle was in a photograph. I didn't. She said this is your great great uncle Satchel Paige. Your grandfather's uncle. The first "black" baseball pitcher in the major leagues. Though we spell Paige without the i, because they didn't care that they started misspelling it on government documents. Ironically I always could throw a baseball, or football extremely well. And very athletic! My mother's father always wanted me to pitch, because he knew who I was too..... Unfortunately I didn't, and regret it strongly. Sleep peacefully Uncle Satchel💕🌹

0:04 I'm sorry, but did the announcer just mispronounce "history"? What the actual fuck??

What he meant to say is he struck me out every time I faced him. Get the history correct

I visited his grave on memorial day. He's still respected in Kansas City.

In present day he would be more of a ground breaker for his age not his race.

Know they didn't like them gold teeth.