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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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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.
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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
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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?
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TIGERS TAKE 3 OF 4 AT THE COYLE
The kind of line score that drives managers nuts. Detroit wins, despite Senators outhitting Tigers 12-6. Three unearned runs in 6th make the difference. Trout gets the W, Newberry the SV.
DET (43-40) 000213000 6 6 0
WAS(21-64)100020200 5 12 3
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Today’s #1947League game brought to you by Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers.
Calloway: sui generis.
As Josh Gibson was to Babe Ruth, the Nicholas Brothers were to Gene Kelly/Fred Astaire. AL/NL wasn’t the only place where excellence didn’t mean you made the big time.
https://youtu.be/IoMbeDhG9fU?si=YZGLCHlOLS2CLxYD
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Together with John Britton, today’s #1947League hero Jimmy Newberry did something in 1952 that no Black player had done before. What was it?
(Major hint in photo below.)
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