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  1.                                  James Bell could hit like 
  2.                                  Ty Cobb and run like 
  3.                                  Rickey Henderson. 
  4.                                  Everyone called him 
  5.                                  "Cool Papa" because he 
  6. was so calm under pressure. But because,
  7. in his day, only whites were allowed to play
  8. big-league baseball, Cool Papa Bell was
  9. one of the greatest ballplayers never to play
  10. in the majors.
  11.  
  12. For 25 years, Cool Papa starred in the Negro 
  13. leagues (which were formed in 1920 to give 
  14. blacks the opportunity to play organized ball). 
  15. Statistics werenΓÇÖt always kept for Negro 
  16. league games, but Cool Papa is known to 
  17. have batted .300 or higher 13 or more
  18. times and over .400 twice. His lifetime
  19. average was about .350. He recalled
  20.