Satchel Paige In The DR??

neverlost

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Can anyone Tell me anything about Negro League Pitcher,Satchel Paige playing Baseball for Ralphael Trujillo?? I was looking for: The years he played, Why he was playing in the DR and on What team? I really would appreiciate the help since my google search turned up nothing.

Thanks in Advance!
 

gagilmer

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neverlost said:
Can anyone Tell me anything about Negro League Pitcher,Satchel Paige playing Baseball for Ralphael Trujillo?? I was looking for: The years he played, Why he was playing in the DR and on What team? I really would appreiciate the help since my google search turned up nothing.

Thanks in Advance!
Found the following:
http://www.dominicanrepinfo.com/Baseball.htm

When Rafael Trujillo, the bloody dictator, took over, he took baseball to a whole new level. He spent a huge sum of money in 1937 to buy Negro League stars Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell and Satchel Paige for his team, Ciudad Trujillo. He was up for election. And he needed his team to win.

(from here:) http://apse.dallasnews.com/contest/2003/writing/over250/over250.project.first5.html

Paige also played during the off-season in Mexico, South America or the Caribbean. In one memorable stint he pitched for Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo's team in a series where the outcome, it was rumored, would decide an election. Heavily armed spectators watched from the first-base line.

Legend has it Paige arranged with police to escort him and his American teammates out of the country upon winning. It wasn't discussed what would have happened if they lost.

(from here:)http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016396.html

Google: Dominican Paige Baseball...lots of hits.