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Agreed Every letter I have almost ever saw he was always thanking someone for a visit or just good company. While it is well known that Tyrus was a fierce competor Ive yet to see anything cobb had done to remotly be as bad as Stump made him which IMO was a ploy to sell books |
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Was reading that Richard, What was his end game behind forging stuff? From everything else almost I ever read cobb was a well respected buisness man and people sought his company.. The way he took care of his past teamates thru life after baseball says tons about him doesnt it?
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The forgeries are not very hard to detect by experienced collectors and dealers.
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All the bad personality aspects aside, I still greatly admire Cobb for the player he was and his great hitting ability. The bottom line is, we can’t really rate a baseball player on his personality unless you actually knew or at least met the guy in person. Many of us collectors have probably met guys like Musial and Gwynn and thought how nice they were…and they truly were nice guys! But I can’t say if Cobb was truly nice just based on some articles and sample letters he wrote. Just because he thanked people in letters, doesn’t mean he was a really nice guy (I’m not saying he was really bad either). By the way, I heard Tris Speaker was one of the biggest racists in the game too, but I still admire him for his playing ability. |
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I don't know if I would really call Cobb a racist though. After reading about his scholarship fund (which is still awarding scholarships today) and about how he bought up large plots of land in Georgia specifically to build cheap housing for minorities, I find it hard to believe he hated minorities.
Here's Cobb's response to a reporter asking him about Jackie Robinson in 1952: "Certainly it is O.K. for them to play," he said, "I see no reason in the world why we shouldn't compete with colored athletes as long as they conduct themselves with politeness and gentility. Let me say also that no white man has the right to be less of a gentleman than a colored man, in my book that goes not only for baseball but in all walks of life.” |
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