“Cool Papa Bell, the name is so cool,” the Chicago White Sox shortstop said. “Jackie Robinson, all those guys. Really all of them. I look up to them.
Major League Baseball celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro Leagues on Sunday. As part of the recognition, players, managers, coaches and umpires wore a Negro Leagues 100th anniversary logo patch.
The Sox showed a performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” on the video board before the game against the St. Louis Cardinals. They also had commemorative cutouts of several Negro Leagues icons, including Andrew “Rube” Foster, Minnie Minoso, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe and Jackie Robinson in the seats near the Sox dugout.