Satchel Paige
Adulthood
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Started hs career in Negro Leage
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20 years in Negro Leage
at a time
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He had good since of humor
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Negro League traveled in bad
cars, and indured bad conditions
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best pitch-fast ball-also through
curve and slider
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1926- joined Chattonooga Black
Lookouts- earned $50 dollars a month
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moved teams a lot
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1926-1934-played for Birmingham,
Ohio, Clevland, and Alabama
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Had a good since of humor
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Married Janet Howard- October
26, 1924 (divorced soon)
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Married Lahoma Brown on October
12,1945
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Bought his mother a large house
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Lived with Lahoma for rest of
his life
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Died on June 8, 1982