"Don't look back," said the ageless Hall of Fame pitching wonder Leroy "Satchel" Paige. "Something might be gaining on you." Presented is a real, signed Satchel Paige postcard. If Paige had wanted, the right-hander certainly could have looked back at his magnificent five-decade career. Because of baseball's unwritten "Color Line," Paige played most of his career in the Negro leagues and also as a freelance barnstormer. Paige first played Negro National League baseball in 1927 with the Birmingham Black Barons. Officially, he played 17 seasons in the Negro Leagues, mainly for the Black Barons, the Kansas City Monarchs, and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. For years, he went from team to team, sometimes even on loan, to draw a crowd for another team in the same Negro National or American League. He was a consummate showman, sometimes having his outfield leave the field while he struck out his opponents in barnstorming games. Paige broke into the Major Leagues with the 1948 Cleveland Indians, the first African American pitcher in the American League, and when the Indians played (and won) the World Series that year, Paige became the first African American pitcher to play in the World Series. Paige played for the American League's St. Louis Browns from 1951-53. In the Major Leagues, Paige had a 28-31 record, with a 3.29 ERA. He even made an official appearance in a regular season game with the Kansas City Athletics in 1965, when he was 59 years old. Paige finished his Major League career in amazing style - he pitched three shutout innings, allowing only one hit, a double by Carl Yazstremski. The postcard has been signed by Paige, in blue ink, in a large, neatly written autograph. The signed postcard has been encapsulated and PSA/DNA certified as AUTHENTIC AUTO. The 3.5x5.5" postcard is in excellent condition, and it provides a wonderful remembrance of one of baseball's best, and most colorful, performers.