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Posted By: Lyle

and a fascinating study of human nature . To combine his unrivaled competitiveness in his baseball exploits , his often untold generosity toward his baseball colleagues, yet his rage directed toward others is a portrait of our own contradictory nature . Thankfully , we often suppress the extreme aspects of this nature . Cobb never did .
I collect almost exclusively vintage Cobb cards because he was one of the most brutally honest athletes ever and there is no one , and I mean , no one I would rather have on my team if I absolutely had to win a baseball game .