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Ty Cobb · 12-07-2020, 02:44 PM

Bet you're all surprised by this one...

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, by Charles Leerhsen
Al Stump, who collaborated with Ty Cobb near the end of his life on an autobiography, made him out as arguably the worst person in baseball history with a magazine article shortly after his 1961 death. This led to a book in 1994 and a movie that same year with Tommy Lee Jones. Charles Leerhsen’s landmark 2015 book showed Stump’s reporting for what it was: exaggerations and, in some cases, outright lies.

But also, Total Baseball, which got me going on the statistical guts of the game.

12-07-2020, 02:44 PM	#40
Ty Cobb Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 4,582	Duh... Bet you're all surprised by this one... Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, by Charles Leerhsen Al Stump, who collaborated with Ty Cobb near the end of his life on an autobiography, made him out as arguably the worst person in baseball history with a magazine article shortly after his 1961 death. This led to a book in 1994 and a movie that same year with Tommy Lee Jones. Charles Leerhsen’s landmark 2015 book showed Stump’s reporting for what it was: exaggerations and, in some cases, outright lies. But also, Total Baseball, which got me going on the statistical guts of the game. Attached Images __________________ "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me." Thanos