I was slightly underwhelmed by the book. I was expecting some Satchel stories that I hadn't really heard before. There wasn't anything mindblowing in there that I thought he would have uncovered. I've interviewed almost all of Satchel's living teammates from the Browns / Indians / Miami Marlins and I got some great stories out of them that didn't come up in his book. I will say this, everyone I interviewed said the same thing almost verbatim. His control was the best they've ever seen from a pitcher. Most told me how he'd warm up by either throwing over a matchbook or a gum wrapper.
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