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Leroy Paige grew up in Mobile, Alabama. He made money by carrying bags. In those days, bags were called satchels, so people started calling Leroy “Satchel.” At age 12, Satchel was sent to a prison for stealing toys from a store. There he developed his pitching skills. Satchel got out in 1923, when he was 17. That’s when he became a baseball player. Soon he became famous. At that time, however, no African Americans could play for white teams. Later, in 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American to join a white team. The very next year, Satchel joined a white team. In 1965, Satchel was still pitching. He was 59 years old! Finally, in 1971, he went into the Baseball Hall of Fame.6월달 모의고사 지문중 하나인데요

밑줄친 부분 해석을 해보면 원래 흑인은 백인팀에서 경기할수가 없는데
L이라는 사람은처음으로 흑인인데도 백인팀에 같이 참여하며 경기했다는 거잖아요 (맞죠 ??ㄷㄷ;;)
그런데 이부분을 백인팀에 들어간 최초의 흑인선수이다로 해석하면 안되는건가요??

아 그리고 분홍색으로 밑줄친 부분 결국 두 문장다 같은뜻 아닌가요 ?
처음 백인팀에 참여했고 그리고 다음년도에 백인팀에 참여했다

내일이 시험인데 이모양이라는 ... ㅠ
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