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kairos12

(13,345 posts) Thu Dec 3, 2020, 07:44 PM Dec 2020

Ty Cobb Story [View all]

Last edited Thu Dec 3, 2020, 08:51 PM - Edit history (1)

Back in the Ty Cobb days ballplayers not only shared rooms, but beds. One day Cobb's roommate showed up to the ballpark pretty well worked over. The manager asked him what happened.

The player responded that he was in bed when Cobb came in. Cobb proceeded to beat up his roommate. When the roommate asked Cobb why he did it, Cobb responded there was nothing he wasn't first in, including the first in bed.

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Ty Cobb Story [View all] kairos12 Dec 2020 OP

Yeah, Cobb was a pretty terrible person Clash City Rocker Dec 2020 #1

He's in the hall of fame zipplewrath Dec 2020 #2

And he was a racist, a dirty player and his own teammates hated his guts Clash City Rocker Dec 2020 #4

Stealing second base zipplewrath Dec 2020 #5

He was a hated, racist prick. But he could play. JDC Dec 2020 #3

Al Stump. cachukis Dec 2020 #6

I did and posted a reply below with more recent info on him Bradshaw3 Dec 2020 #9

Watch Tommy Lee Jones' 'Ty Cobb'. El Supremo Dec 2020 #7

According to more recent research, Cobb was not who he was portrayed to be Bradshaw3 Dec 2020 #8