Partial shot of arrest record last bread shows at least one incident of bail jumping.
The DA still let him post, and the Bond company still took the risk. $1000 bond, figure maybe $200 non-returnable fee, but the Bond company took a risk of maybe an $800 loss if the perp didn't appear again. I think that's the way it works, anyway.
Seems spoopy. DA is taking heat for the release now.
It's a dogwhistle if you ask me.
@ pronged, as I se it.
Firstly, Satchel Paige was the poster child for a Black that was treated unjustly by segregation.
He didn't make it to the bigs until his mid-40's. He still won 118 games, a lot of that pitching for the St. Louis Browns, who weren't that good. IOW, what would he have been if he was in the bigs in his prime? Paige was also a very popular player. Crowd favorite. A showman. Eephus pitch, for example.
Secondly, Brandon is associating a person who was neglected in his prime to himself, IMO. Still pumping the story of his being a a down and out kid who finally made it, but shoulda, woulda coulda, marred his real greatness. Makes him look delusional, though. He may think people didn't get it the first time, so he has to repeat it. In actuality, people did get it, they just think he's an asshole. Paige wasn't.