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Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow,New Antheneum Has Been Of Most ImportantBaseball Hall Of Famer Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1905? 1982) Changed The Face Of The Game In A Career That Spanned Five Decades. Much Has Been Written About This Largerthanlife Pitcher, But When It Comes To Paige, Fact Does Not Easily Separate From Fiction. He Made A Point Of Writing His Own Historyand Then Rewriting It. A Tall, Lanky Fireballer, He Was Arguably The Negro Leagues Hardest Thrower, Most Entertaining Storyteller And Greatest Gate