Satchel Paige - The Elite 59 Year Old Pitcher

[@StoryGordon]

Well done. Thanks for this. I saw him pitch for the St. Louis Browns against Bob Feller pitching for the Clevelnad Indians in 1951, 52 or 53. He was unbelievable.

[@nohbuddy1]

Wow that is so amazing. I wish I could have seen that

[@StoryGordon]

@@nohbuddy1 - There are many KZbin clips on Satchel. This one is my favorite with comments by Ted Williams at 6:55. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZTKl6awd7yphrc&ab_channel=MadameMorbid

[@AnHebrewChild]

@@StoryGordon thanks for posting a link to that video… I just watch the whole thing… What a fantastic mini documentary on the legend himself. My favorite part was at 8:45 where Buck O'Neill tells the story of satchel facing off with Josh Gibson. Ha ha That's far and away the best video on Satchel Paige I've come across Appreciate it

[@StoryGordon]

@@AnHebrewChild - You're welcome. I had the good forutne to see him play when I was 12 or 13. It's been more than seventy years since and I still recall how he controlled the batters.

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Bob feller would've shown satchel Paige his faster than speeding bullet fastball, 🚬 smoke

[@luishumbertovega3900]

When Bill Veeck hired Paige for the 1948 season New York sportswriter Dick Young accused Veeck of staging a publicly stunt, saying that if Paige was white Veeck wouldn't have bothered to bring him up. Veeck answered that if Paige was white he would have been pitching in the Majors for 15 or 20 seasons by then. Young also said that the hiring of Paige diminished the league standards and at the end of the season Paige agreed, saying that he did diminish the league standards with his 6-1 won lost record 😊⚾.

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

Legendary doesn't even begin to tell this story. Great job putting this together. In many ways, Satchel crossed the color line before Jackie. I had never heard the rocking chair part of his 59yo appearance. Now THAT'S showmanship.

[@davidzindler5858]

Dang, great video. I'm subbing

[@williamdavis8855]

Satch the Legend... thanks my man great video. The most inagery I've seen of the alltime great!!

[@bootman26]

Thanks for this!

[@mohammedosman4902]

Incredible story. Great video

[@str8kronic]

"despite walking off the mound because he saw a ghost" lmao I was not expecting that

[@jimmybragz]

I cannot find this story anywhere else lol

[@luishumbertovega3900]

At 5:13 you see Paige wearing the 1937 Ciudad Trujillo Dragons uniform, a team assembled by the Dominican Republic dictator that included Hall Of Famers Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell and also Pedro 'Perucho' Cepeda, father of another Cooperstown enshrinee, Orlando Cepeda. They won the league championship and the next day all those players jumped into a plane to get out of there because according to Paige a firing squad had been near them during the final game. 🤔

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

He is the GOAT 🐐👑 SP 🐐👑

[@luv2sail66]

Great video, thank you.

[@komickaze85]

Most casual fans just know him for being the oldest player ever. I say had he played in MLB from the start, he'd have 300 wins and 3000 strikeouts. I've heard the stories of him throwing a ball over a water bottle, gum wrapper, etc. Amazing.

[@philippesauvie639]

Satchel Paige was a class act and the greatest pitcher of all time!

[@JohnSmith-bb1sv]

Clarissa! How many did old Satchel strike out last night?

[@smoovem1235]

[Alexa]: "Satchel Paige died in 1982!"

[@JohnSmith-bb1sv]

@@smoovem1235 How many he get?

[@jabman025]

Dizzy Dean once said "If Satch and I were pitching on the same team, we'd clinch the pennant by the fourth of July and go fishing until World Series time"

[@MikeMassimo]

If they let him play in majors he would have have 300 wins possibly 400 best pitcher ever don't know about that but he is in the top 5

[@OneStripeRyan]

I would be willing to bet that the stats they held were true.

[@Grizzlied555]

Made up. No proof.

[@luishumbertovega3900]

Reporter: Mr Paige, is it true that you have a big red car 🚗 with "Satchel Paige, The World's Greatest Pitcher" painted on both sides ? Paige: That's not true, the car is brown. 😄🤣😂😅😃😁

[@toddwebb7521]

Brother is 59 in that pic? Definitely trying to exemplify black don't crack

[@handsomeX]

Haha exactly. I'll be 50 next week so I'll be carrying on the tradition.

[@toddwebb7521]

@@handsomeX well us white people cracking seems to mostly be the brunettes that have just enough melanin to be able to get in the sun and get a nice tan instead of burning. The blondes and redheads who are just too pale to get in the sun without sunscreen or try tanning don't typically crack either. My blonde mom who is in her 60s could probably pass for being in mid to late 30s, and if not for my bald head my in my 40s ginger ass could probably pass for 20s in terms of not being wrinkled. So us pastey whites don't crack either it's the regular medium whites that crack

[@handsomeX]

@@toddwebb7521 It all boils down to how you take care of yourself. I've seen black crack, as well as youthful looking older white people.

[@emilerose1424]

How folks respond to stress is major. Jackie Robinson looked 70 in his 40s from having to play ball around crazy people. Satch grew up in the south and knew what he was dealing with.

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Stats.. 2024-- 32% latin.. 57% white 7% black...3% asian... Mlb⚾⚾⚾⚾

[@David-j5g4b]

There were more black players on the '49 Dodgers than the '07 Dodgers.

[@shellybastion9974]

He said that the secret was not to run anywhere. Funny.

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Mickey mantle knock a homerun off satchel paige retirement party, & al kaline a a single off satchel paige & carl yastrzemski got a single off satchel paige

[@dannyowens7452]

Sorry but doesn't have the "Major league " stats to prove anything, Very unfortunate that he didn't get to play where everything was officially recorded and beyond a resonable doubt.

[@matherproductions9146]

NNL was a major league bruh

[@eliek2014]

The major league ran from he negro league players and for obvious reasons

[@emilerose1424]

So you think the "majors" should get to block black Americans from playing in the league and also get to decide if the stats the black leagues kept were legit? That's...interesting.

[@jeff-hh9mc]

False.