Canterbury Baseball Club
by Andrew Peasey 14 December 2007
Here is our team line up for sunday 16th December
Kris Batchelor 2
Nick Dawson 1
leigh Ryman 8
Carl Mcilroy 6
kunio Kamiyo 5
Nick Batchelor 4
Alex Dawson 7
Craig Murray 9
Kyle Vermaak 3
Bench Yuto Tsuchiya, Chris Moffit, Chris Cook, Scott Woyak
DL Josh Batchelor, Mark Bunny
I thought since our team is named after an old negro league team "Cleveland Buckeyes" I'll post a brief story on a negro league player each week when I do the line up
Cool Papa Bell (1903-1991)
The fastest man ever to play baseball, Cool Papa Bell rode the crest of his publicity from his incredible speed and colorful nickname into the Hall of Fame. The lean, 5'11" 140 lb racehorse once was clocked circling the bases in an astonishing 12 seconds. Cool Papa used his speed and daring to become the foremost base stealer in baseball and to "leg-out" extra base hits, thus offsetting his lack of real power at the plate.
Former teammate Satchel Paige summed up Bell's great career in his autobiography, Maybe I'll Pitch Forever saying: "If Cool Papa had known about colleges or if colleges had known about Cool Papa, Jesse Owens would have looked like he was walking.
He once stole 175 bases in just under 200 games. He also utilized his speed in the field, with his great range allowing him to play a shallow center field and still run down pitcher's mistakes.
Cool Papa's popularity was evident, being voted to the East-West All-Star game every year from its inception in 1933 through 1944, except for the years when he was playing in Latin America. Further indications of his exceptional batting skills are a .391 batting average in exhibition games against major leaguers and his lifetime batting average of .341 for a quarter-century in black baseball.
Kris Batchelor 2
Nick Dawson 1
leigh Ryman 8
Carl Mcilroy 6
kunio Kamiyo 5
Nick Batchelor 4
Alex Dawson 7
Craig Murray 9
Kyle Vermaak 3
Bench Yuto Tsuchiya, Chris Moffit, Chris Cook, Scott Woyak
DL Josh Batchelor, Mark Bunny
I thought since our team is named after an old negro league team "Cleveland Buckeyes" I'll post a brief story on a negro league player each week when I do the line up
Cool Papa Bell (1903-1991)
The fastest man ever to play baseball, Cool Papa Bell rode the crest of his publicity from his incredible speed and colorful nickname into the Hall of Fame. The lean, 5'11" 140 lb racehorse once was clocked circling the bases in an astonishing 12 seconds. Cool Papa used his speed and daring to become the foremost base stealer in baseball and to "leg-out" extra base hits, thus offsetting his lack of real power at the plate.
Former teammate Satchel Paige summed up Bell's great career in his autobiography, Maybe I'll Pitch Forever saying: "If Cool Papa had known about colleges or if colleges had known about Cool Papa, Jesse Owens would have looked like he was walking.
He once stole 175 bases in just under 200 games. He also utilized his speed in the field, with his great range allowing him to play a shallow center field and still run down pitcher's mistakes.
Cool Papa's popularity was evident, being voted to the East-West All-Star game every year from its inception in 1933 through 1944, except for the years when he was playing in Latin America. Further indications of his exceptional batting skills are a .391 batting average in exhibition games against major leaguers and his lifetime batting average of .341 for a quarter-century in black baseball.