Satchel Paige IGAS

[@MikeBlitzMag]

A world class gentleman and arguably the greatest pitcher in baseball history. This I've Got A Secret footage is a treasure.

[@billysikes1374]

Ever heard of Walter Johnson?

[@JABARDELLI]

@@billysikes1374. He simply stated “arguably.” Billy, have you heard of Cy Young, Grover Alexander, Christy Mathewson, Rube Waddell, Lefty Grove, …. Smokey Joe Williams?

[@Nanbebe7]

Taking my 11 yo son to the library to get some books on these great American baseball players!!!!!

[@MiamiMike247]

NanTheGoldChild "...teach the children quietly for someday sons and daughters... may rise up and will fight where we stood still..." ---Silent Runnings

[@siainvestigationsteam2713]

Good work! Is your son 20 now?

[@rehobothwell]

Thanks for sharing this; Bill Cullen was not only a great game show host, but a keen sports fan. He remembered Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson as well.

[@Tanamarito]

Ol´ Satch is an all-time sports heroe. He was so good he would walk three batters on purpose, then strike out the next three. In exhibition games he had all three outfielders playing cards while he either struck out all hitters he faced or make them hit grounders to the infield. It´s just awful that he couldn't play MLB at the prime of his career.

[@jcdova29]

Great to see Satchel get the respect he deserved!!

[@jwmoor]

Did you see that ball movement at 7:28!!! Wow

[@studogable]

That really was something! At age 60, in street clothes, with no warmup. Filthy. Way ahead of his time.

[@AceDonMcGun]

Damn !!!

[@AceDonMcGun]

@@nbeutler1134 ahhh shit, ok.

[@JDP_93]

Omg. I watched it 50 times. Imagine how it looked in his prime. 😳 my mind is blown 🔥🔥

[@mkadoza]

@@JDP_93 @jwmoor I actually looked for this comment: the movement on his fastball is actually unbelievable. For him to be this age, and still have that kind of movement.... He could have the best natural spinrate of all time. Im actually sad we dont have accurate measurements of past baseball players. But if Satchel was throwing the 93-96 he was poported to sit at, with that movement... hed be virtually unhittable. Not to mention it looked likehe had modern principles of pitching: a fastball that ran, and slider that swept, and a curve that dived. All three directions you want.

[@JDP_93]

No lie I watched that fastball like 50 times omg wtf???? He was like 60 here. Imagine how that ball looked in his prime. Omg 🐐

[@amberpaigejames9054]

It's lovely hearing his voice! I've always loved Satchel Paige. Love and respect, absolutely.

[@diamondsandlipgloss]

lol. try growing up hearing him😂😂 he raised me , my grandfather😊

[@mstrunn]

What a shame he could not have entered the majors @ an earlier age, imagine, rookie of the year in 1948 @ 42 years old, and think of the records he could have set.

[@robertpoet5503]

In the age before television, I believe more people saw him the way it was

[@quetzalflight5790]

Hope that moment in Baseball History they got an autograph from Mr Paige. LEGEND OF BASEBALL ⚾

[@callakracker]

Its heartwarming to see a white man from that time period say he admires Satchel Paige (and Josh Gibson)

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Paige always said next to Josh Gibson the best hitter he ever faced was the incomparable Charlie Gehringer.

[@joeblow7407]

One of the absolute GREATEST!

[@africanamericanmuseumofsou6100]

A classy man who had a storied life and career. So proud to read about his life.

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

This is great to see you get to see a little bit of his pitching form on live tv in the day

[@mikefriedman593]

Imagine one of today's athletes throwing 3 innings at age 59, in 1965. What a treasure. He said his first professional year is was in 1926. Thinking his birthdate was sometime in 1906, he would've been 19 or 20 playing professionally.

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

Thanks for posting this. What a great athlete he must have been! So cool!

[@RSMGsndchannel]

One of the greats,Paige,Smokey Joe, Walter johnson,Mathewson all great!

[@brianjames723]

Satch was 134 yrs old by then...give em that ol hesitation Satch💪🏾

[@broadwaynicky]

Played for my hometown Bismarck team. Legend

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

Met Steve Allen. He was sharp. Incredibly witty and urbane man.

[@Dosjay]

that's real that is why they said he is the greatest pitcher ever

[@brez9091]

The real King of pitchers. Just as Hank Aaron is the still, the REAL home run King.

[@areguapiri]

Barry Bonds is the greatest.

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

Barry Bonds was a steroid hopped up cheater

[@Hellohi-kb8eb]

Babe Ruth beats both of them by HR/ab so stop that nonsense.

[@ronfowlermusic]

@@Hellohi-kb8eb babe never played against black ballplayers.

[@Hellohi-kb8eb]

@@ronfowlermusic ok and your point is?

[@tyreed.3716]

did anybody else duck during his last pitch?

[@jacsonmoody8476]

Yep!!!😟

[@mkadoza]

Sure did. Surprised the hell out me.

[@tmontanacartel7ife583]

My grandpa Satchel

[@lloydkline1518]

Really, lucky, dream match satchel paige vs jimmy foxx, lou gehrig etc etc

[@diamondsandlipgloss]

he's my grandfather... I was raised in his home... so who's this??

[@thomascarlier5579]

Satchel Paige is an icon 2 baseball I liked it last pitch

[@Darknightdriver1]

Was I the only one whi flinched at 7:29 ?

[@jacsonmoody8476]

I certainly did!!!

[@Darknightdriver1]

@@jacsonmoody8476 It was unexpected for sure.

[@ronaldwashington1495]

Did you see that fastball move!!!?

[@kumarg3598]

The saddest part is we will never see a pitch like that ever again.

[@paulbunion6028]

Dude was insane he probably could pitch at 110 115 it's just insane

[@mkadoza]

Pedro would have been jealous of that run... That looked absolutely unhittable.

[@MassGainingGuy]

Awesome video!

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Let's say Mr Paige started his career in 1926, Joe DiMaggio was 12 then and arrived at MLB 10 years later in 1936. Then Satchel does the same in 1948, 12 years after DiMaggio, who is 3 years removed from retiring, in 1951 at 37 and is enshrined in the Hall Of Fame in 1955. Paige keeps pitching in the minors and the Kansas City Athletics hire him to return to MLB in 1965, he throws 3 scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox, wilth Carl Yastrzemski getting the only hit off Paige. By that time DiMaggio is 51 and had been retired for 14 years. Finally Satchel joins Joe in Cooperstown in 1971. Mel Allen would say "How about that !!!

[@peterchoe]

did you see the break on that "fastball?" it looked like a screwball!

[@scratchking3205]

My hero as a kid

[@TheAxxon44]

Good to see Mrs Voorhees on the panel. Great video. I'm a huge Satchel Paige fan.

[@jeremyheyman8952]

Betsy palmer aka Mrs. Voorhees from friday the 13th 😎

[@djquinn11]

What a legend!

[@riverview9320]

Words I live by: "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you!"

[@TERoss-jk9ny]

Such a shame that there is hardly ANY footage of Satchel playing!! Also, I’m unable to find his full HOF speech! Transcript, yes. Video? No.

[@jesco1975]

That was some interesting TV. His ball did move a lot. I wonder how he did that so much. If I was still a kid I'd sure want to know.

[@mkadoza]

Satchel had elite spin rate, even by modern standards.

[@shybaby6]

yeah i love satch but the ball was attached to a string. you can see the shadow of the crane it was attached to go up at 7:34

[@tahoepoet]

don't think so...what you see at 7:34 is the shadow of the boom mic moving back. They just used a whiffle ball. And Satch tipped his pitch -- did you see how it popped out of his hand at 7:15? Then it hit the ground and somebody in the audience noticed and went "hoooooo-OOOOH!"

[@mkadoza]

@@tahoepoet It definitely moved like a wiffleball.

[@tamingstrange7385]

Legend

[@user-fm9vt3vo9n]

Inner circle

[@bubbaj3500]

Henry Morgan cheated...you can tell his blindfold was not over one of his eyes.

[@tahoepoet]

i believe you're right...

[@tahoepoet]

...but I also see that buzzer came in too quickly. Host Steve Allen even called 'em out on that.

[@tahoepoet]

8 seconds for one-eye Henry. Bess Myerson had 29 by my count.

[@SomebodyPickaName]

I wonder how he got so much behind his pitches with his back leg staying back like that. I've never seen a pitcher keep his back leg behind him after he releases the ball like that. I noticed it in another video and was really surprised by that.

[@noraparker4137]

Profiles in Pittsburgh My family watch this program. These to were both same height. When they sat down, Steve Allen was a head taller,🤔 Because of seats

[@JoeTraxx]

sorry thats the camera crane but satch is one of the greatest

[@djames2322]

no it's just a wiffle ball

[@oughtssought1198]

so this is a What's My Line copy with a different network & slightly diff format??? great to see him get the recognition of this invitation but Satchel Paige was way too real to ever be comfortable on something as fake as TV Steve Allen was the right person to ease that some

[@sdbuysatlantaareahouses4025]

wow

[@kumarg3598]

I wish he threw the whoopsie doopsie do in this show.

[@michaelfoort2592]

what a guy

[@michaellovetere8033]

That was some nice curve on that baseball..

[@yajairaarias7072]

That was the 1950,s he was like 53 years of age

[@jonferris24]

Has to be like 1965 at earliest as he pitched one game for the A's that year, 3 IP, 1H, 0ER... At the age of 59!

[@fear_x_scarface6872]

this is old

[@brianjames723]

Noobes07🤦🏽‍♂️

[@Seanny5117]

No really? I thought it was filmed yesterday

[@jamalydude]

Water is wet

[@caryturner4452]

Too bad he could not have pitched earlier than he did

[@donovanberserk4993]

Let's go Brandon!