Ty Cobb not the monster many have made him out to be?

[jhs5120]

Didn't he beat up a crippled heckler?

So he was basically Ron Artest, but with a crippled veteran.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

Didn't he beat up a crippled heckler?

So he was basically Ron Artest, but with a crippled veteran.

Just curious. Did you read Leerhsens' book or at least the article referenced by the OP?

[jhs5120]

Originally Posted by tschock

Just curious. Did you read Leerhsens' book or at least the article referenced by the OP?

Yeah, it doesn't refute him beating up some cripple. Actually it added maybe five more people that Cobb beat up in his lifetime. So like, Ron Artest, plus maybe a LeSsan McCoy nightclub brawl with potentially a Ray Rice.

[irv]

Leo Durocher sure doesn't seem to speak too highly of Cobb, and check out the still in the vid shortly after he says that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfcW7yYFhqk

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by irv

Leo Durocher sure doesn't seem to speak too highly of Cobb, and check out the still in the vid shortly after he says that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfcW7yYFhqk

Ooooh, Cobb talked some smack to a rookie. The horror!

As for that still image, the catcher in question actually defended Cobb, said he was going for the ball - and got it.

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by irv

Leo Durocher sure doesn't seem to speak too highly of Cobb, and check out the still in the vid shortly after he says that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfcW7yYFhqk

Leo had one run in as a Rookie which is nothing.. I mean Ruth sawed his bat in half because he didn't want Bushers to hit. Both sound rough but not out of bounds.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Ooooh, Cobb talked some smack to a rookie. The horror!

As for that still image, the catcher in question actually defended Cobb, said he was going for the ball - and got it.

Seriously?

Would that be acceptable in today's game? Not likely, but I know things were different then.

I personally have no idea, one way or another, if the horror stories we were told about Cobb are true, but when you hear from past ball players speak about him, I think they carry some merit about what they say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh_kerKBBMw

Not sure how long this story, the good and bad about Cobb, has been going on, but I think like any rumor/tale/story, it will be debated to death with no real conclusion ever to be found.

[Tabe]

Again, nothing much in that clip about Cobb being awful other than repeating the falsehood about the sharpened spikes.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by irv

Seriously?

Would that be acceptable in today's game? Not likely, but I know things were different then.

I personally have no idea, one way or another, if the horror stories we were told about Cobb are true, but when you hear from past ball players speak about him, I think they carry some merit about what they say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh_kerKBBMw

Not sure how long this story, the good and bad about Cobb, has been going on, but I think like any rumor/tale/story, it will be debated to death with no real conclusion ever to be found.

Nothing is accepted in today's game anymore. They're turning it into a game for fairies.

The Utley rule at second base the Posey rule at home. These guys now make MILLIONS $$ they know full well what they're signing up for and with those MILLIONS they can afford doctors (although they're provided by the teams now) let alone how it was. Players didn't make anything compared to now and had no benefits. The richer the players get the more pampered they get and for some reason unknown to me, a wide variety of people embrace it.

Flag Football.

Sorry I'm no Rachel Phelps but jesus you can't slide hard into second anymore. You can't trample over the catcher anymore. We now have "challenges".

http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2...s_rays_ut.html

It's good to see at least one manager has spoken out in a way.