Leroy "Satchel" Paige began his baseball career in the Negro League in Alabama in the 1920s. For years, Jim Crow laws, which segregated blacks and whites, kept him out of the major leagues. But they couldn't stop him from becoming a world-class athlete, described by Joe DiMaggio as "the best and fastest pitcher I've ever faced."
Playing for dozens of teams, Satchel vanquished thousands of batters and entertained millions of devoted fans. But his part in helping to strike out Jim Crow may be his most lasting legacy.
In gripping prose and powerful graphics, author and artist share the story of a sports hero who defied the barriers of race to play the game on his own terms.
Written and illustrated by James Sturm & Rich Tommaso