In 1948 LeRoy "Satchel" Paige became a Major League baseball star.
The 1947 the sudden integration of baseball caught everyone by surprise..
Now all that changed, and he was a star on a White Major League baseball team, the Cleveland Indians.
His venue had been in the Negro Leagues and his "America" was the segregated one.
For twenty-two years he had been a Major League baseball legend, but in another venue.
This was his dream come true.
In truth, he had always been a star, just not like this.
In 1948 LeRoy "Satchel" Paige became a Major League baseball star