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Posted By: Bob Manning

A better Cobb biography is "Cobb," by Al Stump. (Algonquin Books, 1996) "Better," not in the sense of "more balanced," but in the way that fierce, sometimes overbearing and offensive, determination is assesssed. Ernest Hemingway, in the preface to the book's first segment: "Ty Cobb, greatest of all ballplayers. And an absolute s--t." In the same vein, in the recommendations that precede the book itself, one stands out ... From "The [Portland] Oregonian" "An excellently horrible book, as though 'Field of Dreams' had been ghostwritten by Stephen King." The work also includes about 20 b/w photos of Cobb and others throughout his life. Including "spikes flying," and the original Hughie "Ee-yah"Jemmings.

Great read.

Bob