Ty Cobb revisited

[calvindog]

Great stuff, Jeff.

[orly57]

My god Jeff. Spectacular. That letter was written before the death of his father too. Amazing stuff.

[BeanTown]

That stuff belongs in the HOF in Cooperstown !!

[irv]

Originally Posted by Leon

Ok, this thread does it. One of my quests at the National will be to find a nice Ty card. Great cards shown, guys.

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I can't help myself, but I wish I had the willpower to stay away from threads like this for the very reason you mention, Leon.
With no Cobb's, Ruth's or Gehrig's in my collection, and being in awe of the cards I see in these threads makes me want to do the same thing!

[benchod]

Pretty good stuff Jeff P
You really need to add the big head Cobb to your collection. though

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by BeanTown

That stuff belongs in the HOF in Cooperstown !!

it sure does, Jeff!!!!!

[frankhardy]

I will first of all start by saying that I didn't know about this thread until this morning. Back a few weeks ago, I stumbled across the 1984 audio book biography of Ty Cobb by Charles Alexander. I thought it was interesting and it reaffirmed the idea that Cobb was a great ball player, but a terrible person for the most part.

After listening to that audio book, I started looking up Cobb videos on YouTube. I stumbled across Charles Leehrsen and discovered his book A Terrible Beauty. I ordered the audio book and just finished it last night.

A terrible beauty needs to be read (or listened to) by every baseball fan. It is a fantastic book. It really saddens me that Cobb is falsely made out to be such a monster. I'm glad Leehrsen set the record straight. This book has made me a Cobb fan. I don't have any of his cards, but I am wanting one really bad.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by frankhardy

I will first of all start by saying that I didn't know about this thread until this morning. Back a few weeks ago, I stumbled across the 1984 audio book biography of Ty Cobb by Charles Alexander. I thought it was interesting and it reaffirmed the idea that Cobb was a great ball player, but a terrible person for the most part.

After listening to that audio book, I started looking up Cobb videos on YouTube. I stumbled across Charles Leehrsen and discovered his book A Terrible Beauty. I ordered the audio book and just finished it last night.

A terrible beauty needs to be read (or listened to) by every baseball fan. It is a fantastic book. It really saddens me that Cobb is falsely made out to be such a monster. I'm glad Leehrsen set the record straight. This book has made me a Cobb fan. I don't have any of his cards, but I am wanting one really bad.

Good post.....Ty's cards are a must!!