Baseball Can Make Us Laugh

Ole Satch

Before the renown quotes from Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel, there was the wisdom passed on by Satchel Paige. Ole Satch, the Hall of Fame pitcher of the Negro and Major Leagues from the 1920s until 1965, was known for his wit and showmanship, Many of his quotes are funny but often contain a message for us to live by. He became the oldest player to play in the history of Major League Baseball when he took the mound for the Kansas City Athletics in 1965, at the age of 59, and pitched three scoreless innings.

“How old would you be if your didn’t know how old you are? “

“Don’t look back.Something might be gaining on you.”

“Work like you don’t need the money.”

“ Love like you have never been hurt”

“Dance like nobody’s looking.”

“Age is a question of mind over matter.If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

“Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.”

“If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with good thoughts.”

“I never had a job. I just always played baseball.”

“Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common“

“Just take the ball and throw it where you want it. Throw strikes. Home plate don’t move.”

“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.”

“Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.”

“The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal.”

Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn’t do for anything else. Same with money.”

“It’s funny what a few no hitters do for a body.”