Among many legendary accounts, he once stole 175 bases in a 200-game season and was able to round the bases in 12 seconds flat. Even the "fastest man in the...
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It's difficult to quantify Cool Papa Bell's speed. According to the Hall of Fame, Bell may well have been the fastest man to ever play baseball.
6 months ago

Cool Papa Bell was an American professional baseball player, reputedly the fastest base runner of all time. He is said to have stolen 175 bases in a...
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The legend goes that while in the Negro Leagues, James Taylor Bell, also known as “Cool Papa” Bell, bet a teammate he could get under the covers of his bed...
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From a new career batting average leader to a new single-season ERA champ, Negro Leagues greats now officially top baseball's all-time leaderboards.
6 months ago

After more than a century, Major League Baseball admitted this week the Negro Leagues rocked beyond Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Cool Papa Bell.
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A man suffered critical injuries following a daytime shooting on James Cool Papa Bell, with police seeking leads.
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The words “justice delayed is justice denied” seem appropriate for this story, which centers on Major League Baseball's attempt to right a century-old wrong...
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Cardinals uniform historian Oliver Kodner takes a hard look at the NLB throwbacks to be worn at Rickwood.
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The story of the various baseball organizations that collectively formed the Negro Leagues over the first half of the 20th century is vital to telling the...
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