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joe maplesA lot of Cobb's bad publicity came from Al Stumps' book, Cobb, written when Cobb was a very ill man. The book was basically Cobbs life in his last 10 months when he was dying of cancer. He also donated $100,000.00 to build the Ty Cobb healthcare sytem which was the start of the hospital in 1949. Donations of that size are appreciated today, that size in 1949 is gigantic. He is and always will be the greatest player in baseball history.
Joe
