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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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I Found Someone to Play With: Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars

I Found Someone to Play With: Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars

Angelo, M. M.

Paperback

AthletesBaseball & Softball

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 1480986232
ISBN13: 9781480986237
Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co Inc
Published: Mar 1 2019
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Larry was an outfield start in our country's historical American Negro league. He later befriended and barnstormed with one of the Major League Baseball's most legendary greats, Satchel Paige. Larry was a consistent .300-plus hitter with the ability to hit the ball to all fields, homerun power, impeccable spd, and a rocket arm earned the selection of two East-West All-Star games in 1985 and 1959.


He Played for the Memphis Red Sox (1957), Detroit Stars (Detroit Clowns) (1958). Kansas City Monarchs/NY Yankees Minor League/St. Petersburg Saints (1959) and went on to play with the Satchel Paige All-Stars (1960-1964).


Larry said, I found someone to play with! and it was his friend Satch!


Larry LeGrande is an unsung hero from our historical American Negro Baseball Leagues who has a story to tell about being a Negro baseball player in America's terrifying era of human conflict and Negro oppression; he had the spirit and perseverance to overcome immense cultural, personal, political and professional challenges.

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