To some, Satchel Paige is a symbol of segregation: a star baseball player whose prime ... But to longtime St. Louis educator and school board member Bill Purdy, Paige simply was the guy who ...

Next to him is Bill Veeck, the new owner of the team. Satchel Paige of the St. Louis Browns, second from the right, a first time All-Star at 46, describes his pitch selection for some of his ...

Quietly, black all-star teams regularly played ... About 10 years after his retirement, Satchel Paige, a native of Kansas City, returned to St. Louis as a guest speaker for the St. Louis Rotary ...

You may know the likes of Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige ... most of his career with the Birmingham Black Barons, the St. Louis Stars and the Newark Eagles, boasts the fifth-best slugging ...

So it was with the Black Barons that pitcher Satchel Paige made his Major ... then three for the St. Louis Browns, representing the team in the MLB All-Star games of 1952 and 1953.

Still, Satchel Paige’s estimated numbers are ... After leaving the Indians, Paige joined the St. Louis Browns. He was selected for the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953 at ages 45 and 46.

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Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Satchel Paige is the latest St. Louis Brown to be honored with a bobblehead giveaway ahead of a Gateway Grizzlies game.

The San Francisco Giants and St ... Satchel Paige. Bonds wasted no time in answering with great confidence. He was hitting a home run. It is always a fascinating discussion to wonder how modern ...

The restoration of the Kansas City home where Negro Leagues pitcher Satchel Paige ... going on to play for the St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics. In 1971, Paige was inducted into the ...