Journalist Larry Tye's book Satchel: The Life and Times of An American Legend is currently at No. 19 on the New York Times's best seller list for nonfiction. Tye comes to Concord next week for a discussion and book signing.
Satchel Paige spent his life rewriting his own history. His exact age was never quite clear. The exact amounts of his contracts - often huge money for a guy seemingly relegated for life to the Negro Leagues - varied according to how cocky Paige was feeling as he told his stories. He tended to overstate the amount and… 0