New idea for a collection -- help me build the want list

I have not seen Cobb on this list anywhere. May have missed it but heres my reason for a Cobb vote.

On May 15, 1912, Cobb assaulted a heckler, Claude Lueker, in the stands in New York. Lueker and Cobb had traded insults with each other through the first three innings, and the situation climaxed when Lueker called Cobb a "half-nigger." Cobb, in his discussion of the incident (My Life in Baseball: The True Record, Ty Cobb and Al Stump, Doubleday, 1961, pp. 131–135), avoided such explicit words, but alluded to it by saying the man was "reflecting on my mother's color and morals." Cobb stated in the book that he warned Highlanders manager Harry Wolverton that if something wasn't done about the man, there would be trouble. No action was taken. At the end of the sixth inning, after being challenged by teammates Sam Crawford and Jim Delahanty to do something about it, Cobb climbed into the stands and attacked Lueker, who it turns out was handicapped (he had lost all of one hand and three fingers on his other hand in an industrial accident). When onlookers shouted at Cobb to stop because the man had no hands, Cobb reportedly replied, "I don't care if he has no feet!"

guy above beat me by seconds

[Mark]

In the 1917 World Series, the White Sox win if they take game 6. Felsch hits a fly to right which is dropped by Davey Robertson. When the throw comes in from the outfield, Rube Benton, Bill Rariden and Walter Holke faill to cover home and Collins scores the decisive run. Max Flack muffed a play that made him the goat of the 1918 Series. 1919 is infamous. In 1924, in the 12th inning of game 7, Hank Gowdy tripped over his own mask and didn't catch a foul pop. Next thing you know, a grounder to third bounces over Freddie Liindstrom's head, a run scores, and the Giants lose the Series. The next year, AL MVP Roger Peckinpaugh commits 8 errors as the Senators fall to the Pirates in 7 games. And then in 1926 there was that foolish stolen base attempt by that Ruth guy.

[paul]

Bill Buckner. Or better yet, the real goat of the 1986 series, John McNamara. After taking Buckner out for defensive reasons in every post season game, McNamara admitted he left him in for the final inning of game 6 so that he could be on the field to celebrate the world series championship. What a dope.

You could also include Al Downing for serving up Hank Aaron's #715.

And Harry Frazee (did I remember his name correctly) for selling Babe Ruth. But I don't think he has any cards.

Any member of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, by far the worst team in history.

[Steve D]

I just thought of another one:

Eddie Waitkus.

His shooting and subsequent comeback, was the basis for The Natural by Bernard Malamud, as well as the subsequent movie starring Robert Redford.


Steve

[bobbvc]

Again, more modern, but Eric Show could be the centerpiece of this collection. Check him out on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Show

[FrankWakefield]

Hey Dan and Paul, Len Koenecke is on one of the 4in1 Exhibits. I chased after one for several years, and finally got one. I'll try to dig him out and post a scan. He's also on one of those cards of all of the Dodgers, which I think was issued through Target stores in sheets in the early 90s.