 This is one of those old time MLB stories that don't make sense and you have to look it up before you believe that it's true. Satchel Page at age 58 shut down the Boston Red Sox. So the story reads in 1965 that A's signed 59 year old Satchel Page as a gimmick to generate fan interest, but nobody told him it was a joke and he proceeds to just shut out the Red Sox for three innings. Obviously I'm like, there's no way this would fly in today's game. Let me check his baseball reference page and see if this was like a real game. There it is, age 58, one appearance, no runs given, three innings pitched. That's on his baseball reference page.