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Gordon Loveless, a baseball enthusiast from Layton, recounts meeting legendary pitcher Satchel Paige in 1965 in Alaska.

Loveless took a pitch from at the time Paige and got the older man to autograph a baseball for him.

Loveless is in the process of getting the autograph authenticated, and enjoys sharing its story with others.

LAYTON — In 1965, at the age of 22, Gordon Loveless — now of Layton — stood at the plate at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage, Alaska, looking the 60½ feet to the pitcher's mound, waiting for the great Satchel Paige to throw a pitch his way.

As a baseball fan, Loveless was well aware of Paige. He loved baseball and its players — both major leagues and players in what were then called the Negro leagues — and he had heard the stories of Paige's prominence

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