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Satchel Paige Lesa Cline-ransome Pck Pap/co edition

No one pitched like the legendary African-American baseball player Leroy Satchel Paige. Fans packed the stands to see how many batters he could strike out in one game. He dazzled them with his unique pitching style, & he even gave nicknames to some of his trademark pitches -- there was the hesitation, his magic slow ball, & the bee ball, named because it would always be where he wanted it to be. Follow Satch s career through the text & these beautiful illustrations as he begins playing in the semi-pros & goes on to become the first African American to pitch in a Major League World Series, & the first Negro Leaguer to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Juvenile audiences.