In 1948, needing pitching for the stretch run of the pennant race, Veeck turned to the Negro League again and signed pitching great Satchel Paige amid much controversy.

* 1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

* 1906 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player ( b. 1906 )

* 1972 Leroy " Satchel " Paige

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In his induction speech in 1966, Williams included a statement calling for the recognition of the great Negro Leagues players: " I've been a very lucky guy to have worn a baseball uniform, and I hope some day the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way can be added as a symbol of the great Negro players who are not here only because they weren't given a chance.

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** Satchel Paige, American baseball player ( d. 1982 )

** Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame from the Negro League.

* June 8 – Satchel Paige, baseball player ( b. 1906 )

This plan was criticized by the press, the fans and the players it was intended to honor, and Satchel Paige himself insisted that he would not accept anything less than full-fledged induction into the Hall of Fame.

A special Negro league committee selected Satchel Paige in 1971, followed by ( in alphabetical order ) Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charleston, Martín Dihigo, Josh Gibson, Monte Irvin, Judy Johnson, Buck Leonard and John Henry Lloyd.

* Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of the Game.

* Maybe I'll Pitch Forever by Satchel Paige.

The great Negro League star Leroy Robert " Satchel " Paige pitched for Los Dragones of Ciudad Trujillo, a team organized by Trujillo.

A seven – time consecutive All – Star center fielder, Doby and teammate Satchel Paige were the first African-American players to win a World Series Championship when the Indians won in 1948.

Manager Biz Mackey led the Eagles, including Doby, Monte Irvin and Johnny Davis, to the Negro World Series championship over Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs in seven games to conclude the 1946 season.

Unlike their white teammates, Doby, along with Satchel Paige and Minnie Miñoso, were not permitted to stay at the nearby Santa Rita hotel but instead stayed with a local black family and used a rental car provided by the Indians for transportation.

Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí appeared on the show with silent screen star Lillian Gish and baseball legend Satchel Paige.

Mia Farrow named one of her own sons Satchel Ronan O ' Sullivan Farrow for her mother.

In an exhibition game against white all-stars, Bell broke for second on a bunt and run, with Satchel Paige at the plate.

* Miami Marlins – An estimated 57, 000 fans watched 50-year-old Satchel Paige pitch there for the Marlins on Aug. 7, 1956.

Bob Paige, a longtime driver for Roadway Express, is the son of Hall-of-Fame pitcher, Satchel Paige, who made a much-publicized visit to Labatt Park on June 30, 1954.

At the start of this run the Monarchs acquired their most famous player, Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige, who had since his rookie season in 1927 built a reputation as the best hurler in black baseball for the Birmingham Black Barons, Pittsburgh Crawfords, and several other teams.

He pitched from 1946 to 1951, for the Cincinnati Clowns and Cincinnati Crescents, playing against players such as Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige, and Hilton Smith.

In 1948, when the Indians won the American League pennant and World Series behind pitcher Bob Feller and shortstop / player-manager Lou Boudreau, the Indians set three Major League attendance records: they had the highest single season attendance, 2, 620, 627, which was not eclipsed until the 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers, largest regular season night game attendance of 72, 434 for the first major league start of Satchel Paige, and biggest World Series game attendance of 86, 288 for game 5 on October 10, 1948.

His most notable production roles have been for Satchel, Green Apple Quick Step, Weapon of Choice and Critters Buggin.

* Satchel ( bag ), a carrying bag such as for school books

* Russ Parrish, known as Satchel, American guitarist for the band Steel Panther

While in-between Afghan Whigs albums and amidst a dispute with their record label, Elektra Records, Dulli recorded demos for the act with friends and collaborators Shawn Smith ( Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed ) and Harold " Happy " Chichester ( Royal Crescent Mob, Howlin ' Maggie ) in New Orleans.

He is also known for using, possibly even before Satchel Paige, the hesitation pitch.

Speculation built up around Boudreau's decision on which Indians pitcher he would send to the mound against the Red Sox on October 4, with choices largely narrowed to Lemon or Satchel Paige.

In a April 2, 1949, exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, fellow Indians pitcher Satchel Paige balked in the sixth inning and Garcia in the eleventh inning, allowing the Pirates to win, 5 – 3.

Lee and his wife, attorney Tonya Lewis, had their first child, daughter Satchel, in December 1994.

Although he was the first to play in the MLB, Doby was the last member elected to the Hall of the four players to ever play in both a Negro league and MLB World Series: Doby, Satchel Paige, Monte Irvin, and Willie Mays.

During the first half of the 20th Century, Labatt Park ( Tecumseh Park until December 31, 1936 ) was regularly visited by numerous barnstorming Negro teams from the U. S., plus a much-celebrated visit by legendary African-American pitcher Satchel Paige on June 30, 1954, when Paige was barnstorming with a baseball version of the Harlem Globetrotters.

He was the fifth player to go to his first All-Star Game after age 40, joining Satchel Paige, Connie Marrero, Jamie Moyer, and Tim Wakefield.

Satchel released their first album EDC in 1994.

He paid Satchel Paige $ 1, 000 to bring the Bismarck Churchills to the stadium to play in the first NBC Championship.