The Knoxville Smokies are honoring the legacy of the Giants, the city's Negro League team that won a championship in 1920.

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High-scoring games were common in that primitive era of baseball, which lacked standardized rules and featured underhand pitching ... Hall-of-famer Satchel Paige became famous for the same ...

“Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood,” counseled Satchel ... 2001. Paige was not the devotee of consistent sleep Henderson was. He enjoyed the nightlife. But the loose-armed pitcher ...

Jackie Robinson lit up Major League baseball with his electrifying style of play typified by ... In 1948 Roy Campanella and 41 Year-Old Pitcher Satchel Paige Break Into the Majors Satchel Paige ...

“It was like playing on the hallowed ground of those guys that I had heard of -- guys like Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson and Cool Papa ... “Boy, he’s a super pitcher. The only guy I’ve seen where it ...