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Old 07-21-2024, 04:11 PM
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Horse can't corner those 90 degree corners. If you had to stay in the base paths I could probably beat a formula one car, that doesn't make me faster.

Also your statement makes no sense, if he was in the lead how could the rider get into his path???
It's a good point, but if it happened, it happened. I believe both accounts - both those of Hans Lobart and the guy who timed Cool Papa Bell at 10 seconds flat. Cornering is a skill.
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It's a good point, but if it happened, it happened. I believe both accounts - both those of Hans Lobart and the guy who timed Cool Papa Bell at 10 seconds flat. Cornering is a skill.
I think the problem here is that Bell claimed he did 12 seconds flat, not ten. Ten is impossible for a human rounding the bases. His fastest time that was actually timed/recorded was 13.60 seconds.

As for the lights story, that is actually true, but it came with an asterisk. He was at a hotel that had a three-second delay on the light, so he was literally able to get in bed before the room got dark. Bell told that story in his later years, saying that Satchel Paige wasn't lying.
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I think the problem here is that Bell claimed he did 12 seconds flat, not ten. Ten is impossible for a human rounding the bases. His fastest time that was actually timed/recorded was 13.60 seconds.

As for the lights story, that is actually true, but it came with an asterisk. He was at a hotel that had a three-second delay on the light, so he was literally able to get in bed before the room got dark. Bell told that story in his later years, saying that Satchel Paige wasn't lying.
Hell, 10 is impossible for a human in a straight line.

It's funny in this group you have people who want to argue that the old guys were super-human and others who want to argue that Babe Ruth wouldn't crack a lineup today and Walter Johnson threw 80 MPH. It's amazing.
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Globetrotter "Goose" Tatum was a Hall of Fame basketball player and a Negro League baseball player ...
Monte Ward was a hitter-pitcher manager labor leading lawyer and a great golfer... (we could probably argue about whether golfers are great athletes)
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