Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb PDF Author: Charles Leerhsen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451645767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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"An biography of perhaps the most significant and controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb, drawing in part on newly discovered letters and documents"--

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb PDF Author: Charles Leerhsen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451645767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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"An biography of perhaps the most significant and controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb, drawing in part on newly discovered letters and documents"--

My Life in Baseball

My Life in Baseball PDF Author: Ty Cobb
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803263598
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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"Highly successful in knitting together this story of the life of a most remarkable and dedicated player--perhaps the most spirited baseball player ever to have graced the diamond."--Library Journal. "I find little comfort in the popular picture of Cobb as a spike-slashing demon of the diamond with a wide streak of cruelty in his nature. The fights and feuds I was in have been steadily slanted to put me in the wrong. . . . My critics have had their innings. I will have mine now."--Ty Cobb "Frank, bitter, trend-setting autobiography."--USA Today Baseball Weekly "One of the most remarkable sports books ever written."--Los Angeles Daily News "The old Tiger still spits and snarls off the pages."--Cooperstown Review "Of Ty Cobb let it be said simply that he was the world's greatest ballplayer."--New York Herald Tribune (1961 editorial on Cobb's death) This Bison Book edition of My Life in Baseball is introduced by Charles C. Alexander, a professor of history at Ohio University, Athens, and the author of a biogrpahy of Ty Cobb.

Heart of a Tiger

Heart of a Tiger PDF Author: Herschel Cobb
Publisher: ECW/ORIM
ISBN: 1770903828
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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The grandson of the legendary baseball player reveals another side of “a fascinating, severely flawed sports icon” (Booklist). Ty Cobb’s grandson Herschel saw a side of him that very few others did. While baseball fans were familiar with Cobb’s infamously cold, competitive nature—and his relationship with his own children was deeply difficult—Cobb, in his later years, embraced the opportunity to form a loving bond with his grandchildren during their summertime visits. In this moving memoir, Herschel Cobb reveals how his grandfather, after the devastating loss of two sons, shared his gentler side with Herschel and his siblings. Herschel’s own parents, a cruel, abusive father and an adulterous, alcoholic mother, filled his childhood with turmoil. But “Granddaddy” offered the stability, love, and guidance that Herschel desperately needed. “Elegantly written and genuinely moving,” this story of their relationship presents a unique perspective on this larger-than-life man (Publishers Weekly). “An unforgettable story . . . that will alter how you feel about baseball’s most demonized star.” —Tom Stanton, author of Ty and the Babe

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb PDF Author: Richard Bak
Publisher: Taylor Publishing Company (TX)
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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My Twenty Years in Baseball

My Twenty Years in Baseball PDF Author: Ty Cobb
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486471837
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Cobb personally wrote the story of his life for a newspaper syndicate after his 20 record-setting years in baseball. This illustrated edition is the first commercial publication of his words in book form.

Busting 'Em and Other Big League Stories

Busting 'Em and Other Big League Stories PDF Author: Ty Cobb
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786415991
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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Published in 1914, Busting 'Em was the first of three books credited to Ty Cobb the author. Though in fact it was ghostwritten by John N. Wheeler, who also penned Mathewson's Pitching in a Pinch, the book fascinates with its insights into Cobb as a public figure. The reader is presented Cobb's explanation of the beating incident at Hilltop Park, the Baker spiking, and his contentious relationship with teammates. His thoughts--or those he sanctioned--of umpires, his contemporaries, crowds, and strategy are also shared. This book, long out of print and increasingly hard to find, is essential reading for those who would understand Cobb's awareness of and investment in the shape of his public image.

TY COBB

TY COBB PDF Author: S. A. Kramer
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307800245
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

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Veteran sports writer S. A. Kramer recounts the on-the-field triumphs and off-the-field troubles of the tormented "Georgia Peach," perhaps the most hated man ever to play baseball.

Cobb

Cobb PDF Author: Al Stump
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1565121449
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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A biography of the baseball legend explores the complexities of a man described as the meanest man in baseball, discussing Cobb's racism, violence toward family and other baseball players, win at any cost philosophy, and philandering

Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb PDF Author: Charles C. Alexander
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 9780195035988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Ty Cobb was one of the most famous baseball players who every lived. The author puts Cobb into the context of his times, describing the very different game on the field then, and successfully probes Cobb's complex personality.

Sincerely, Ty Cobb

Sincerely, Ty Cobb PDF Author: Hank O'Neal
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
ISBN: 9780875657493
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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In 1948 Hank O'Neal was eight years old, and his baseball mentors were his grandfather, C. A. Christian, who'd been an exceptional semipro player at the turn of the century, and two of his father's classmates at TCU, Jim Nolan and Jim Busby. His grandfather went on to college and became a pharmacist, but he never forgot his days of glory as a teammate of the soon-to-become-legendary Ty Cobb. After his introduction to these three men, all Hank wanted was to play baseball. In 1954 his family moved to Syracuse, New York, where Hank hung around McArthur Stadium, the home of the Syracuse Chiefs. One of the players, Ben Zientara, lived two doors away, and not only did Hank pester him and the other players, but he also began writing major league players, both active and retired. One of them, Ty Cobb, became his pen pal in 1955. He'd played with Hank's grandfather in Georgia fifty-five years earlier, and the "nastiest man in baseball" was kind and supportive to his young fan. Sincerely, Ty Cobb traces ten years of a child's life in baseball, from his first struggles on the sandlot to his final high school game. It is illustrated with period memorabilia and twelve pages of handwritten letters from Ty Cobb, plus others from Hall of Fame players like Eddie Walsh and Frankie Frisch.