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Originally Posted by robw1959
Cool Papa Bell was clocked at ten seconds flat while running the bases from home plate all the way around to home plate again. Of Bell's speed, Satchel Paige famously said, "That man was so fast, he could turn out the lights and be in his bed before the room got dark!"
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I call BS since that is over 3 seconds faster than the stated record.
Basically you're saying that Bell could run 360 feet from a standing start around corners in the same time Usain Bolt could run 328 feet out of blocks in a straight line.