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And about that song pick ... YES!
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Our #1947League hero, Cool Papa Bell, really did once score from first on a bunt. He also appears to have scored from second on a sac fly...multiple times.
But was he faster than the speed of light? What's the truth behind the story of him flicking a lightswitch and being in bed before the room went dark? One guess.
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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.
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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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Played for a team in Japan.
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CORRECT! @tabletopmania swoops in for the win!
What would you like to hear, sir!
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Orange Crush- REM
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BROWNS TOP TRIBE IN EXTRAS
Dean blew a 2-run lead and the SV in the 9th, which basically led to another game. Rusty Peters stroked the walk-off GWRBI with a single in the bottom of the 16th for St. Louis. Booker McDaniel got the W.
CLE 0001000230000000 6 14 2
STLB0002300100000001 7 14 0
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Chuck Berry and the Beautiful Shufflers celebrate the Browns' extra-inning walk-off. The win puts them half a game in front of the Yankees in the seemingly endless game of LeapFrog that is the American division of #1947League.
https://youtu.be/np79upTSW1E?si=uG5KpI0xtbZ9NrIJ
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania , #REM, and the color 🍊.
https://youtu.be/_mSmOcmk7uQ?si=b_F9Nm6KnKHbW7sn
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The team for which Booker McDaniel played produced more AL/NL players than any other NNL/NAL team.
Can you name it?
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Kansas City Monarchs
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KC Monarchs is correct! What would you like to hear, @tabletopmania ?
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The thrill I feel watching newly unearthed color footage of Teddy Ballgame hitting in 1941 is roughly equivalent to the thrill I feel watching the Beatles bounce ideas off each other in the Peter Jackson documentary GET BACK.
Enjoy.
#baseball #TedWilliams
https://youtu.be/JAszAhrhoj4?si=NFcfads-fi2ruyxz
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Off day for #1947League. Your commissioner will be enjoying a screening of #Dune 2 this evening!
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All I'm going to say is that Dune 2 was magnificent and well worth waiting for, whether you've been waiting since, say, 1975 -- or since Dune 1. I fall into both categories.
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BROWNS CAPITALIZE ON SLOPPY FIELDING, TAKE 3RD STRAIGHT
St. Louis pulled a full game ahead of the Yankees, thanks to a Cleveland defensive meltdown in the 8th. Ford Smith logged his 11th win against 5 defeats. He also doubled in the go-ahead run.
CLE (33-51) 184
STLB(50-35)450
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"Act like you got some sense. You might get a little bit of this."
700 million views means #Outkast is in a league of their own.
Today's #1947League game brought to you by @tabletopmania ... and the love.
https://youtu.be/PWgvGjAhvIw?si=9ljsR1VUl1RO-tqF
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Going outside of our usual #1947League timeframe for today's question.
He was the founder of the Pythian Base Ball Club of Philadelphia in 1865; he also played in the first documented interracial #baseball game.
Name him. If you can!
(I'm opening this up to Cliff. That's how tough it is.)
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So Nolan and I know this amazing gentleman Cliff from my time back on the bird site. I thought I had finally stumped him. Not so much.
It is my duty to inform you that Cliff actually knew this. Song pick to follow. In the meantime.... the correct answer is Octavius Catto.
https://baseballhall.org/discover/octavius-catto-philadelphia-black-baseball
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::Tip of the Cap to Cliff!::
PS Please tell us that Octavius was the Centre Fielder.
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Alas, no. He was a shortstop.
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#1947League American Division standings.
Josh Gibson and Jeff Heath's Browns pull a full game ahead of Joe D and Willard Brown's Yankees.
#baseball #BLM #MLB
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#1947League National Division standings.
Artie Wilson and Buck Leonard's Phillies maintain that familiar game-and-a-half lead over Ralph Branca and Jackie Robinson's Dodgers. Silvio Garcia and Monte Irvin's Braves remain red-hot.
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Upcoming #1947League series:
Pirates @ Braves
Red Sox @ Yankees
Cardinals @ Dodgers
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FIELDS, PIRATES COOL DOWN BRAVES
Bombs away! The Pittsburgh offense, long dormant, exploded: HRs from Cox, Mauch, Marshall, and Kiner gave starter Wilmer Fields plenty of breathing room. He logged his 10th win. Braves win streak stops at 9.
PIT (37-44) 8 11 1
BOSB(36-44)1 4 0
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Today's #1947League game brought to you by the one, the only Cliff ... and by a young #JohnPrine and a VERY young #LyleLovett
https://youtu.be/_G5Tt4AHVTI?si=ph4ZneDHyoLNRd4x
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In how many different leagues did Wilmer Fields win MVP honors?
One guess only.
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Three
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Not three, sorry
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That’s okay, batters behind me in the lineup can narrow down your location.
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Nice swing, Yakyu!
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You DO want to see footage of Babe Ruth hitting a stand-up triple, and Lou Gehrig launching a grand slam, as the Yankees destroy the Senators, 21-1, in 1927. I just know you do.
#baseball
https://youtu.be/306N8dMbdgo?si=xMlWtjacvQ_86M6D
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BROWN, PIRATES TAKE SECOND STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD
Barney Brown struck out 17 (!), including 6 in a row, walked nobody, and knocked in a run in Pittsburgh's win at Braves Field. Johnny Sain took the loss.
PIT (38-44) 020002100 5 12 1
BOSB(43-38)000004000 4 6 0
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His technique really took her out of this world. Same goes for Barney Brown's mastery of the screwball today. Pirates fans with little to cheer for in recent weeks consider Brown a real gone guy.
Today's #1947League game brought to you by @YakyuNightOwl and Nellie Lutcher.
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There were two East-West games (NAL/NNL All-Star Games) in 1946.
Can you name the NNL starters?
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I’ll say Barney Brown and Leon Day?
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Good guess, but not what we're looking for.
Before I subject you guys to more Grateful Dead, I'm going to text Cliff and see if I can stump him.with this.
(Probably not.)
Who knows, we might get him to join Mastodon....
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Off day for #1947League. Catch you tomorrow!
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Meant to say: Happy St. Patrick's Day from #1947League . Back on duty tomorrow.