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A portrait of the Negro League pitcher evaluates the role of discrimination in limiting his career, covering such topics as his near-defeat of a young Joe DiMaggio, the Jim Crow biases that prevented his signing with the big leagues until he was in his forties, and his lasting legacy.

"Read it if you love baseball and want to find out more about one of its true heroes. Read it equally if you want to learn how Jim Crow robbed a baseball great of his true place in the game."

Andy Geller, New York Post, 06/07/2009

"It would probably be difficult to write a boring book about Satchel Paige, and Tye certainly has not done so. Through exhaustive research, interviews, and correspondence with more than 350 people, he has surely given us a definitive account of the man and of the player."

Rob Klugman, Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/14/2009

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