The Catonsville widow of Baltimore Negro Leagues star Leon Day hopes a new Negro Leagues exhibit in Northeast Baltimore will help raise the pitcher’s profile and that of his teammates in his hometown.
Mexico Life Cool Papa Bell slides into third during a game in Washington D.C. on Negro League opening day in May 1943. He was renowned for his speed.
US Negro League stars found better pay, integration and fame in Mexico New James Bell biography discusses his years playing baseball for teams in Mexico
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In 1940, Mexican League baseball player James “Cool Papa” Bell had a season to remember.
Playing for the champion Azules of Veracruz, Bell became the first player in league history to achieve a feat called the Triple Crown leading all players in three separate statistical categories: batting average, home runs and runs batted in (RBIs).
Book World: The best audiobooks to listen to this month
Katherine A. Powers, The Washington Post
March 8, 2021
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The Nature of Fragile Things
Susan Meissner s latest novel is an absorbing, cleverly plotted historical tale of perfidy and pluck. Set chiefly in the first decade of the 20th century, it encompasses the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and the subsequent inferno, linked catastrophes that are horrifyingly conjured. At the center is Sophie Whalen, an immigrant from Northern Ireland who has answered an ad placed by a widower seeking a wife and mother for his 5-year-old daughter. The book begins ominously with a transcript of Sophie, 22, being questioned by a U.S. marshal about her husband s whereabouts and activities. Jason Culp narrates this and a later section, bringing an authoritative approach to a tale that is filled with formidable twists, duplicity and stunning revelations. Alana Kerr Collins, herself a native of Northern Ireland, narrate
“Kick, Mule, Kick! Kick, Mule, Kick!”
When George “Mule” Suttles stepped up to the plate throughout his 22-year career in the Negro Leagues, fans in attendance knew they might be in store for something special. That’s why they chanted the stocky first baseman’s nickname, hoping to see him show off his powerful swing.
And quite often, Suttles did. Not only in the form of home runs, but with long knocks that resulted in doubles and triples. A .328 career hitter, Suttles did much more than swat 152 homers across his time in the Negro National League and the East-West League he also collected 203 doubles, 73 triples and 511 RBIs.