@ItsaCanesthing said in Controverstial Cards we will never see:
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Controverstial Cards we will never see:
@ItsaCanesthing said in Controverstial Cards we will never see:
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in Controverstial Cards we will never see:
I’m sure Ty Cobb is on a short list of one the most reviled and despicable human beings to ever live. He allegedly killed a black man for merely looking at his wife. He was a notoriously dirty player that would literally do anything for his benefit and yet he is a part of this game. So if we’re going to hold people to a certain standard off the field then stop putting that reprobate in the game. If not than stop leaving great players out of the game for actions that have zero to do with their actions on the field!!!
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Most of the "spicy" stuff concerning Ty Cobb are from the Al Stump book "Cobb".
Mr. Stump is a discredited writer and known plagiarist. Movies like Field of Dreams and Cobb (starring Tommie Lee Jones) furthered this false narrative.There was no evidence that the stuff Stump alleges to happened actually happened.If you really want a well researched, footnoted look at Ty Cobb, I would suggest
"Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty" by Charles Leershen.
It really opened my eyes regarding the great Ty Cobb. You can also find some of his lectures on YouTube regarding the book and Cobb.My point is that Ty Cobb was a despicable human that gets a place in this game but they omit other players who have done far less and payed steeper consequences for those actions. Bottom line is it’s a baseball game not a political referendum on someones beliefs.
Look into that book. Cobb won't look despicable. He is not the monster he is made out to be.
But I agree. It is a game and that was the point of starting this thread until morons hijack it with nonsense.
baseball writers i'm guessing- i mean no harm