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Originally Posted by Mark17
I think I read somewhere that Cobb had dental work, or surgery or something, while refusing pain killer. He was truly a tough, mind over matter guy.
I doubt he would've been afraid to face a dentist, or for that matter, any body, any thing, any place, any time.
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As I recall from the Ken Burns Baseball documentary Cobb had his tonsils removed after a game without anesthetic and played the next game with gauze in his mouth . Ironically the "doctor" who performed the "surgery" was either arrested or committed to a mental hospital sometime later. It's in the 2nd episode / inning of the documentary titled Something Like a War.