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

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by Pilot172000

So just throwing this out there.... General consensus who is a worse villain Ty Cobb or Al Stump???

Stump, hands down. He was a leach.....

[Pilot172000]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Stump, hands down. He was a leach.....

As a newbie, if you review the last 8 pages of this thread, you could easily come to the conclusion that the only thing everyone can come to an agreement on is Stump

[SteveMitchell]

Charles Leerhsen, author of Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, has produced a 5-minute video for Prager University. He points out facts and fiction regarding the immortal Cobb's character and actions, and some general principles applicable to all of us today. It is an enlightening 4 minutes 51 seconds, at: https://www.prageru.com/courses/hist...w-case-ty-cobb

Steve Mitchell

[irv]

Originally Posted by SteveMitchell

Charles Leerhsen, author of Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty, has produced a 5-minute video for Prager University. He points out facts and fiction regarding the immortal Cobb's character and actions, and some general principles applicable to all of us today. It is an enlightening 4 minutes 51 seconds, at: https://www.prageru.com/courses/hist...w-case-ty-cobb

Steve Mitchell

Thanks for sharing that.

I don't know the history of most players, especially the ones who played years ago, but if I were to guess, I'd say Ben Chapman likely ranks right up there with the worst of them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...i-42-i/274995/

[baztacula]

When Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell was a younger man and just starting his career, he interviewed Ty Cobb. I believe it was the only time he ever met him. I listened to countless ballgames on the radio from the late '70s until Ernie's retirement decades later, and while I don't recall Ernie ever attempting to discredit any of the infamous Cobb stories, I distinctly remember during a Tigers broadcast, when the legendary "cantankerous" Cobb was the subject of conversation, Ernie laughing and saying something along the lines of, "Well, Ty Cobb was friendly to me." I don't know anybody else who ever met him... so Cobb is batting 1.000 among the character witnesses I trust.

[CMIZ5290]

The scumbag Al Stump made a fortune on bashing Cobb at his weakest moment. A lot of people don't know, but Cobb signed dozens of balls for Stump during their time together. He also gave him a game used uniform including glove from his very early years with Detroit (priceless)...Cobb was extremely generous, especially with people close to him. He kept HOFer Mickey Cochrane out of the gutter, and he also helped Rogers Hornsby on more than one occasion. Al Stump is a piece of garbage....Wonder how much money he got from all of Cobb's memorabilia??

[martyogelvie]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

The scumbag Al Stump made a fortune on bashing Cobb at his weakest moment. A lot of people don't know, but Cobb signed dozens of balls for Stump during their time together. He also gave him a game used uniform including glove from his very early years with Detroit (priceless)...Cobb was extremely generous, especially with people close to him. He kept HOFer Mickey Cochrane out of the gutter, and he also helped Rogers Hornsby on more than one occasion. Al Stump is a piece of garbage....Wonder how much money he got from all of Cobb's memorabilia??

Once Stump was done hawking the personal items that COBB had given him he realized that he was on to something so he started selling other junk claiming they were personal items of Cobbs that Cobb had given to him. He made quite a few bucks selling junk, claiming it once belonged to COBB and it never did...