Satchel Paige Crazy Pitching Names Video
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Satchel Paige, 1948, Indians Vs. Braves
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Mamie “Peanut” Johnson – Female Player for Negro Baseball Leagues
At a time when African-Americans were generally excluded from mainstream sports, female baseball legend Mamie “Peanut” Johnson said the old Negro Baseball League “provided me with invaluable opportunities.” Johnson, one of only three females who played in the Negro League, the black professional baseball league that paralleled the segregated white baseball leagues until the 1950s, [...]
Dennis “Bose” Biddle
Dennis “Bose” Biddle, a pitcher in the former Negro Baseball League, pitched for the Chicago American Giants during the 1953 and 1954 seasons. The youngest living player in the history of Negro League Baseball, Biddle was named “The Man Who Beat the Man Who Beat the Man” at age 17 when he out pitched Lefty McKinnis, [...]
Jackie Robinson’s Autograph
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