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Clash City Rocker

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1. Yeah, Cobb was a pretty terrible person

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2020, 07:53 PM

Dec 2020

I always loved the line from Field of Dreams: “Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told him to stick it!”

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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