While in Texas, I had lunch with John Miles of the Chicago American Giants (1947-49) for the second time. It was a great time full of stories of the game when it was much simpler as well as some stories of his childhood. My favorite story was one about Satchel Paige: Satchel was being heckled by a fan who was saying that Satchel was overrated, so Satchel told the outfield to sit down, then told the infield to sit down so it was just he and the catcher. Once that happened, he intentionally loaded the bases with 0 outs. The next 3 batters were struck out with 9 pitches total. Amazing story, and it really shows how the game has changed because I couldn't really see anything like that happening today. I got a few autographs on the new ***** League stamps and first day covers. Thanks for reading!





