Was Cobb really as people perceive him???

[tedzan]

TY AND THE BABE, by Tom Stanton




This is a tremendous book about these two BB greats and their rivalry. Stanton provides a much fairer rendering on Ty Cobb than other books.
It's a must read. Included in the Appendix is the head-to-head account of every game (200+)....that Cobb and Ruth faced each other.


Look guys,
When Cobb entered the Major Leagues in the Summer of 1905, many areas of this country were figuratively still "fighting" the Civil War....and,
Mr. Cobb was from the "deep South". Combine that with the fact that he was a feisty dude.....you have a rough character in Cobb's early years.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Cobb, but this is how he coped with the situation that confronted him back then.

Post Script
Check-this-out....you T206 guys: Less than 10 % of the 389 players in the T206 set were born in the Deep South.


TED Z
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[Joshchisox08]

Pete and Ted

Have not read that book but as I have only a couple chapters left in the book I mentioned in post #1. I will be looking for another one!

[Yoda]

I believe that Cobb's father getting blown away by his mother with a shotgun climbing in a bedroom window under mysterious circumstances deeply affected Ty his whole life and contributed to his brutal competitive nature, as in always trying to prove himself over and over to his dead father. Stump makes a big point of this in his book.