01065cam a2200241 4500 335201426 ER5 20090706120000.0 081023s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008044858 9781400066513 HRD $26.00 1400066514 HRD $26.00 DLC DLC NjBwBT ER5 Tye, Larry. Satchel : the life and times of an American legend / Larry Tye. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2009. xvi, 392 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-377) and index. A portrait of the Negro League pitcher and pioneer in the integration of baseball evaluates the role of discrimination in limiting his career, the Jim Crow biases that prevented his signing with the big leagues until he was in his forties, and his lasting legacy. Paige, Satchel 1906-1982. Baseball players United States Biography.