When Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell was a younger man and just starting his career, he interviewed Ty Cobb. I believe it was the only time he ever met him. I listened to countless ballgames on the radio from the late '70s until Ernie's retirement decades later, and while I don't recall Ernie ever attempting to discredit any of the infamous Cobb stories, I distinctly remember during a Tigers broadcast, when the legendary "cantankerous" Cobb was the subject of conversation, Ernie laughing and saying something along the lines of, "Well, Ty Cobb was friendly to me." I don't know anybody else who ever met him... so Cobb is batting 1.000 among the character witnesses I trust.
Last edited by baztacula; 04-11-2017 at 03:33 PM.
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