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File Size: 4411 KB
Print Length: 434 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0812977971
Publisher: Random House; 1 edition (May 29, 2009)
Publication Date: June 9, 2009
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B002BH5HUS
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The sign of a GREAT biography is that you learn not only about The Person, but also the times/circumstances in which (s)he lived.Paige is fascinating and entertaining in his own right. Well worth reading to learn about the man who was "Satchel being Satchel" long before Manny was "Manny being Manny."However, perhaps the "hidden gem" of this work is how much one learns about the Negro Leagues, baseball and the segregated US of the times. It is a fascinating insight into how black-communities functioned and how ballplayers fit into that. Basically, players were not beholden to any team/league and travelled around and played for whoever would pay them. With many independent teams, the story of Paige is one of riding the rails & buses, trying to find places to stay and eat....and pitching almost non-stop through it all.Great read.
How can one pretend to know the history of baseball, or for that matter, United States history and race relations without knowing everything possible about Jackie Robinson? And the more I learned about the amazing story and details about Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson (who played barely a half-season with the great post-WWII Kansas City Monarchs), the more I wanted to know about the peculiar, separate/segregated world of Negro League baseball..And while I was somewhat familiar with Josh Gibson (maybe the greatest ball player of all time!?), Bullet Joe Rogan, Rube & Willie Foster, Pop Lloyd, Willie Wells and others, NegroLeague baseball truly did revolve around one of the greatest pitchers and tied for (with Babe Ruth) the greatest baseball attraction of all time. It wasn't just because he was good (and he was!), he was a great showman, a charismatic personality, and he played professional baseball for a long, long time..Tye's well-researched biography begins with plenty of details about Leroy Robert Page/Paige's early life in Mobile, including speculation about how he got his nickname, his formative years in a reform school because his parents couldn't watch over him effectively (sound familiar?) where he learned to become a talented pitcher. Paige's early maturity in the 1920's corresponded with Rube Foster's formation of the first organized league of African-American professional baseball teams.The book provides a good background on the circumstances and history of both Negro League baseball, including the competitive ownerships of Pittsburgh's Crawford's (owned by Gus Greenlee) and the Homestead Gray's (owned by Cum Posey). Satchel Paige, Tye point out, was essentially the first baseball "free agent" rarely adhering to team or league contractual agreements and regularly working wherever and with whatever team was willing to pay him to promote their game or event.Paige made a lot of money . . . more than almost any professional athlete of his era (except for Babe Ruth). His barn-storming stints with Dizzy Dean's all-stars and then with Bob Feller served as evidence to hundreds of thousands that the best black ballplayers could play just as well as the best white ballplayers. Despite this grudging acceptance on the ballfield, traveling from city-to-city meant dealing with Jim Crow laws and an exhausting barrage of racism and second-class treatment at hotels, transportation services, restaurants and gas stations. It was a tough life that the biography provides a good flavor of how Paige dealt with this life as best as anyone could.Paige's set himself apart from other professional ballplayers because he was so good for so long, and brought so much exuberance to the game that his fan-base grew and appreciated over many decades. Tye treats the dialectic that the best Negro League players felt about Jackie Robinson's signing with a nice touch. It was the beginning of the long-awaited integration of Major League Baseball (and Tye notes correctly that African-American's played at the top levels of professional baseball before "the gentleman's/racist's agreement" of 1887) via an unlikely candidate who wasn't considered one of the best black ballplayers and who many others ("there were lots of Satchel Paige's") felt jealous of.Paige did finally make it into the Major Leagues in 1948, thanks to the irrepressible Bill Veeck and star Shortstop/Manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians, who won their pennant by one game thanks in part to Paige's 6-1 record, including 2 shutouts . . . at 42 years old!It's a story of triumph by a great American with immense talent, who started life with many disadvantages but never gave up. After being inducted into the Hall-of-Fame in 1971 and learning that his plaque would be segregated in a separate Negro League section, Paige dropped his playfulness and expressed the justifiable anger that had built up over decades of second-class treatment. It is this congruency of Paige and other NLeague ballplayers' excellence, triumph and shameful treatment that makes this book worth reading. While Buck O'Neill expressed joy that he was, "right on time," Paige's memorial service reminded his mourners not to be sad for him, but for all their fathers and grandfathers who never got to see the best ballplayers play against one another.
Larry Tye paints an engaging portrait of a colorful and talented star who was robbed of a long major-league career because of the color of his skin. Tye's job isn't always easy because many of the accounts of Paige's deeds are scant or missing completely. Paige himself often gave conflicting reports, and of some events we will probably never know--such as how he fared when pitching to Babe Ruth. Tye reports these discrepancies. He also details Satchel's less honorable exploits including the stories of how he may have been guilty of bigamy twice in his life. Neither does Tye shy away from the story of how Paige resented Jackie Robinson, not only because Satchel thought that he should have been the one to break the color barrier, but also because he thought Jackie wasn't properly respectful of the Negro League trailblazers. My only complaint is that I wanted more of his baseball exploits, but otherwise, this was a great ride.
In the eyes of many people, Satchel Paige is more legend than he is reality. Never getting the chance to pitch in the major leagues until he was well past his prime, his greatness cannot truly be measured in terms of major league success. This book does a good job of helping to shed light on Paige's life. A great deal of his greatness is not officially documented, and more based on stories (which he played a large role in creating). He was a great pitcher, but it is a shame that we will never really know how great he actually could have been.Larry Tye does a very good job of bringing the legend of Paige to life, and for anyone interested in learning about this enigmatic figure of history, this book is a great way to educate yourself.
I am a diehard baseball fan who always knew tales of Satchel Paige but did not have a full appreciation for his baseball achievements. most importantly, the book gave me a deeper sense of appreciation for the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and everlasting belief that our Country has miles to go before we get the yoke of slavery off our necks. BTW, a shout out is deserved for Kareem Abdul for his reccomentation regarding the book. Congrats to Mr. Tye for a magnificent job.
Wonderfully researched and well written book on baseball history as well as Satchel Paige. For baseball fans this book tells a story that is unforgettable and in truth rather sad. It's a story that should be told over and over, and hopefully will never be forgotten.
I thought the book was well written and well researched. The author really gave you insight and a feeling for the times that Satchel Paige not only grew up in but what he experienced in his long career. So many of the great Negro players did not make it to the Major Leagues but the book pointed out who they were and what their accomplishments were like. The really were playing for the love of the game.
Excellent biography on Satchel Paige. Well researched and written. The backdrop of the story is the sad history of segregation in major league baseball. A good follow up for the author would be to write a history of the Kansas City Monarchs baseball club of the Negro League.
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