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Originally Posted by JimStinson
8) Always accomodating to fans he was a prolific letter writer and autograph signer. Long time collector Jeff M. who was a regular visitor to Cooperstown during Hall of Fame inductions in the 1950's once told me he spied Cobb reading the newspaper in the restaurant at the hotel one morning and had several items he wanted him to sign. Nervous about approaching him he finally got up the nerve and arrived at his table at the exact same moment as Cobb's fried eggs breakfast. He apologized for the intrusion and according to Jeff , ...Cobb set his breakfast aside offered him a seat , signed his items and insisted that signing autographs and talking baseball with a young fan was more important than his breakfast.
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I bet Cobb never responded to an autograph request this way.
