Stitched Portraits: Satchel Paige

I hadn't included an athlete in this project until yesterday and it was mostly because I felt drawn to him. Upon reading about Paige, I was hooked. From his ingenuity to his hardball, he was an original and a solid piece of American history - the first baseball player from the negro leagues inducted into the baseball hall of fame.

Satchel Paige (fastball pitcher, looking on):