⚾ 🥎 Satchel Paige is forever a legend. 🐐

[rick4bama]

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Saw him pitch in exhibition game at Rickwood ....
pretty awesome
Birmingham was minor league team for major league team ...oakland i think...maybe KC

 

[PurlJam]

Saw him pitch in exhibition game at Rickwood ....
pretty awesome
Birmingham was minor league team for major league team ...oakland i think...maybe KC

Started out as KC then they moved to Oakland. It was Birmingham A's from '68 to '75.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Started out as KC then they moved to Oakland. It was Birmingham A's from '68 to '75.

Thanks. Couldn't remember. I was jr or senior in HS. Maybe later then.

Were the Barons and then A's.

 

[alabama mike]

A true legend. It’s ashamed that he did not get a true career in MLB.

 

[PurlJam]

Thanks. Couldn't remember. I was jr or senior in HS. Maybe later then.

Were the Barons and then A's.

I was a little younger, but there were some greats that came through there back in the day. Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace. I was an A's fan as a kid when they won three in a row back in 72, 73 and 74.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I was a little younger, but there were some greats that came through there back in the day. Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Reggie Jackson and Gene Tenace. I was an A's fan as a kid when they won three in a row back in 72, 73 and 74.

Yeah. They had exhibition game between A's. Birmingham n major team. All those guys played as i remember???

 

[Secondand26]

If you've never read "Catcher in the Wry" by Bob Uecker, I highly recommend it.
Uecker was teammates with Satchel for a year or 2. Some funny & great stories.