They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying. Cool Papa Bell More Quotes by Cool Papa Bell More Quotes From 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 clothesnicebaseball 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 basesgamesremember
