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01-17-2020, 01:53 PM
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There's been a lot of revisionist history done lately about Cobb's actual life. If you do some research on him you'll find Ty Cobb's thoughts on African Americans in baseball:
"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.” That quote is from 1952. You'll also find that Ty Cobb established the Ty Cobb Educational Foundation which has been and still is a tremendous financial resource for African American students in Georgia. Last edited by packs; 01-17-2020 at 05:35 PM. 
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