Cool Papa Bell Professions : Baseball Player Born : May 17, 1903 Died : March 7, 1991 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Cool Papa Bell Because of baseball I smelled the rose of life. I wanted to travel, and to have nice clothes. Baseball allowed me to do all those things, and most important, during my time with the Crawfords, it allowed me to become a member of the brotherhood of friendship which will last forever. Cool Papa Bell clothes nice baseball I remember one game I got five hits and stole five bases, but none of it was written down because they didn't bring the scorebook to the game that day. Cool Papa Bell bases games remember They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying. Cool Papa Bell black player lying Similar Authors Brian Dopirak baseball-player Alex Bregman baseball-player Agnes Allen baseball-player Ila Borders baseball-player Dave DeBusschere baseball-player Earl Weaver baseball-player All Authors