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Thank you for that, Yakyu. I almost felt like leaving, mid-game, but wanted to stay to see what happened with the t-shirt.
Normally I wouldn’t have an interest in a team from TN, but Dave Stewart has a role with the ownership group. He’s a solid guy, probably with the most experience of anyone across all levels of a baseball organization.
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The room had a problem with bugs, which would come out when it was dark. So after turning off the lights, he wanted to avoid the creepy -crawlies.
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Eerie, fascinating, imaginative… yet not the answer we’re looking for. :-)
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Again, your words are too kind!
If one is to swing and miss, one can at least do it in style!
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Answer to yesterday’s #1947League question.
This doesn’t so much debunk one man’s speed as shine a light on another man’s (often-overlooked) gift for marketing and narrative. Two geniuses, but the real genius in this particular story is Satchel Paige.
#baseball
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#BlackHistory Month may be over, but all year long the career of Cool Papa Bell can and should BLOW YOUR DAMN MIND.
Here’s stuff I found out, via an interview with him I unearthed, that I couldn’t figure out how to shoehorn into a question. Enjoy.
https://www.americanheritage.com/how-score-first-sacrifice
#Baseball #History #1947League #nlmb #hof
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That whole damn article about Cool Papa Bell is amazing, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Here is the link again if you want to do a deeper dive:
https://www.americanheritage.com/how-score-first-sacrifice https://www.americanheritage.com/how-score-first-sacrifice
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Bob Kendrick of #NegroLeagues #Baseball Museum on Cool Papa Bell.
Stop and think for a moment about what it means to circle the bases in 12 seconds.
Or for Jesse Owens to refuse to race someone because he’s too fast.
Or to score from first on a bunt.
All that stuff happened. Here on Earth.
https://youtu.be/FDuDOLcK2XU?si=1CqgWCDhzDbyYWmk
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Bell in 1926
https://socprofb.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/colorizing-early-st-louis-baseball-cool-papa-bell/
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Yep! Bottom row, center.
Can you ID the other guys?