Maybe I'll Pitch Forever

A Great Baseball Player Tells the Hilarious Story behind the Legend

By: LeRoy Satchel Paige, David Lipman

Narrated by: Edward Lewis

Satchel Paige was 42 years old when he became the first Black pitcher in the American League in 1948. Although the oldest rookie around, he was already a legend. For 22 years, beginning in 1926, Paige dazzled throngs with his performance in the Negro Baseball Leagues. Then he outlasted everyone by playing professional baseball, in and out of the majors, until 1965. Struggle against early poverty and racial discrimination was part of Paige's story. So was fast living and a humorous point of view. This is his autobiography, as told to David Lipman.

Public Domain (P)1998 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Lipman...has preserved the flavor and cadence of Paige's conversation and writes his story honestly, avoiding neither the tragedies nor the escapades which mark his career." (Booklist)

"Not only was Satchel Paige an amazing athlete, he was one of the great American humorists in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and Yogi Berra. The most famous black player of his era shines through the pages of this remarkable autobiography." (John B. Holway)

Narration was the worst I've ever heard.

Narrator sounded like he wanted to get the reading over with and cash his check before the bank closed.

One of America's greatest stories.

loved the story of the great Satchel Paige. The story was captivating from start to finish. I found it more than slightly off-putting that such a great tale of a great American was told in a voice far different than his own. The very 1930's-news-reader-style narration was distracting at times. I constantly pictured an old Southern Black Man telling me the stories of Satchel Paige in a voice and cadence he could only master. It would be nice to hear Bob Kendrick perform this narration and ad lib a little with his stories added in with a flair only be could add. Beautiful story though!

overall 👌

Good Listen. The readers voice didn't necessarily go with the story being told, but good none the less.

The Legend

A wonderful memoir! My only wish is that Satchel Paige could've read it aloud himself.

great history of one of baseball's greatest

bought this after visiting the negro league museum in KC. AWESOME history just wish we could have seen ol' Satch against mlb at his prime. I would bet he would be the greatest of all time