Ty Cobb

[Sean]

Adrian, back in December I recommended the Al Stump book, and William R. Cobb sent me an article he wrote disputing much of Stump's book. Stump seems to have been a liar and forger.

[wondo]

The Stump book was remade into a movie with Tommy Lee Jones as Cobb in his 70's - weird and entertaining flick!

[Zone91]

Thanks guys!!

Post # 12

[cyseymour]

Notice how Adrian ignores anything bad that is said about Ty Cobb... only one possible reason... he is buying a Ty Cobb card off of ebay. This whole thing is so predictable at this point that he no longer needs to announce his pickups.

[T206Collector]

This is the article about the Stump lies...

http://sabr.org/research/georgia-pea...ed-storyteller

[tedzan]

Now, if you really want to read a good book on Cobb and Ruth, then check-out this one......





It starts with their rivalry when Ruth started pitching for Boston in 1914 and finishes with their friendship.
It is very well written and very well researched.


TED Z

[Zone91]

cyseymour

I am ignoring the bad simply because I want to see the good people see in him...no I am not buying any Cobb cards for long while. My goals for the summer are to add 20 cards to my 1952 Topps set and 2 or 3 new PSA 8 Mantle cards to my master set...again no Cobb.

Post # 14

[whitehse]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Now, if you really want to read a good book on Cobb and Ruth, then check-out this one......





It starts with their rivalry when Ruth started pitching for Boston in 1914 and finishes with their friendship.
It is very well written and very well researched.


TED Z

Ted, thanks for the reccomendation. This has been on my list and it just moved to the top as my next purchase. I had read the Stump book previously and decided I was not a Cobb fan. After reading about all the inaccuracies in that book and knowing the fraudulent background of Stump I am now forced to rethink my idea of what kind of man Cobb really was. Hopefully this book will shed a different light on the man.

[brob28]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

This is the article about the Stump lies...

http://sabr.org/research/georgia-pea...ed-storyteller

Incredible, thanks for sharing that. I had no idea Stump was such a crook.

[Tomman1961]

What I loved about the Al Stump book is that there are 2. He wrote the first about 1961 WITH Cobb who had editorial rights. So Stmp had to write what Cobb said. After Cobbs death, Stump "re-writes" it - suposedly telling what the true stories are. A great read to read them back-to-back. Then there is the movie 'Cobb" which is the story behind the first book.