Nat Bates sat in a theatre full of fans on Monday to revisit his days in Saskatchewan — the one place he says he felt welcomed.
Bates, now 91, travelled to Indian Head, Sask., in 1952 to play with The Indian Head Rockets, an all-Black baseball team originally from Jacksonville, Fla. The team was one of several that competed across the Canadian Prairies in the 1940s and 1950s, providing Black and Cuban players an opportunity that was hard to access in the United States.
In 1952, there were more than a dozen leagues in the Prairies, with four operating in Saskatchewan.
The Rockets team was
