Title: Maybe I'll pitch forever : a great baseball player tells the hilarious story behind the legend /
Authors: Paige, Satchel, 1906-1982; Lipman, David.; Lipman, David, 1931-2008.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Paige, Satchel,; Baseball players United States Biography
Abstract: "Satchel Paige was forty-two years old in 1948 when he became the first black pitcher in the American League. Although the oldest rookie around, he was already a legend. For twenty-two years, beginning in 1926, Paige dazzled throngs with his performance in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Then he outlasted everyone by playing professional baseball, in and out of the majors, until 1965. Struggle--against early poverty and racial discrimination--was part of Paige's story. So was fast living and a humorous point of view."--Page 4 of cover.