Ty Cobb interview, 1929
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Ty Cobb speaks about retirement and (not) missing baseball in the spring of 1929. Cobb, who had a short and legendary temper, is being nice and polite in this interview, but you can hear a bit of his edginess.
Cobb endowed an entire hospital which still stands, and a scholarship which still grants kids education. I'd say that's a good man.
I read a biography of him recently that claimed most of the negative stories about him were false, and he wasn't such a bad guy at all.
A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen. Quite the revelation.
@Peter Hornberger Cobb was a man of his time. He also began his career at 18, hardly mature enough to understand everything in life. He was also treated badly by many of his veteran teammates. Hence his polarized disposition.
@Peter Hornberger Cobb had a quick fuse. He had a southerner’s touchy sense of honor. If he belt insulted, he’d react. But he was definitely not a racist. He voiced approval when black players started playing in the majors. He was descended from anti slavery people. His grandfather refused to fight for the Confederacy. His father once broke up a Lynch mob. And he was educated.
@@NYVoice An excellent book! My friend helped with research (Kevin Magruder listed on pg 407). amazing rd
@@NYVoice Leerhsen's book should be required reading for anyone who had the misfortune to read Stump's book or see the Tommy Lee Jones movie based on them.
One of the absolute all time greats. I wish there was more video of him to watch hitting.
Sometimes oldie baseball players & athletes imagination is just fine, young people cannot criticize them
My Grandfather told the story how he bumped into Cobb in a little town in Tennessee a few years after Cobb retired . My Grandfather was 11 or 12 at the time , in a store admiring their assortment of fishing rods . Not having any money , he was looking with no intention of buying . Cobb walked over to him , struck up a conversation , and said ‘ Son , pick one out , it’s on me ‘ . So regardless of all the stories , the guy could be downright decent and nice .
That’s beautiful... darn nice to read some kind words on the Georgia Peach
He wasn’t the mean SOB he’s been made out to be
Cool story! Cobb was super rich so glad he spread the wealth a bit. He was so rich he tried to buy the Reds, but was turned down.
Wow. Ty cobb, he was a brilliant at picking stock , early 1900s
He was fortunate at investing. Coke a Cola and General Moters
Ive loved ty since i was a kid! And im mexican! He had a great heart! And ill always love his history and all he did for baseball
Apparently so very little film actually exists of this great ball player actually playing in the early years of the 20th Century which is really too bad. The little that does exist only increases the desire for more. To see Ty at bat and watch his swing or marvel as he runs the bases or throws the ball is to watch one of the greatest player of his or any generation.
My Uncle Art Asmus was a scout for the Detroit Tigers. In 1945 he told his sister to name me Tyrus. Thank you very much
Wow, puts Cobb in an entire new light for me, I never put much stock in what his detractors had to say
The description on this vid is a disgrace guy needs to do more research on Cobb he’s my idol and the greatest EVER Cobb is and always will be #1
To the author: Ty Cobb retired with 90 records. Like he said in the interview: "Baseball was quite a task and I served a long time." Legendary is what sportswriters deem worthy of writing about. If you knew Ty Cobb you would be aware of just how kind and gentlemanly he was. So here lies the difference. You can either lead with your negativism, or perhaps a quote: "I do want the fans to realize that I do appreciate them." Edgy? Perhaps he had a right to be and you have proven just why he did.
I'd say Cobb wasn't much different than the rest of us. Competitive...excelled at his craft the only way he knew how... baseball needs folks like that today..
This was great! Thanks for the video
Note his trademark 'split grip' on the bat, 0:30.
Its hard to believe anybody could hit with a grip on a bat like that, but Cobb did.🙂
Ty Cobbs' .366 is truly untouchable. More than Charlies' 4,256.
@alien observer Cobb played from 1905 through 1928. Thats 24 years total. Rose played from 1963 through 1986. That’s also 24 years.
Both men were helped by the era they played in respectively: Cobb was in the dead ball era and the focus was on hits not homers. Rose played throughout the 1970s (especially in the N.L.) where there were all those artificial turf fields that also helps a line drive hitter increase his total number of singles. Both were great, but like so many a product of their era.
@@kevinbergin2225 True, true. ❤⚾️
@@kevinbergin2225 Referring to Pete Rose, Mickey Mantle once remarked “I’d rather wear a dress than be a singles hitter.” Ha! Just imagine Mickey in drag! That’s a funny thought.
@@stevenyourke7901 When Cobb played teams played 154 games a season. When Rose played teams played 162 games a season. That adds up to Rose's team playing 192 more games than Cobb's teams. But all that has nothing to do with how many games Rose/Cobb actually played for their teams. Cobb played in 3034 MLB games and had 11,440 ABs. While Rose played in 3,562 MLB games, and had 14,053 ABs
there must hv been a lot of jealous team mates & opposition players to hv stained a truly great man's reputation. Who funded the bs movie with Tommy Lee Jones. Cobb a baseball Legend & a smart investor.
Who funded it ?? J 000 z
Definitely the best player of his era: I'm sure none of his contemporaries would have denied it. But just to get everyone's dander up--though it's true--the single most impressive lifetime record is Henderson's SBs. No one has ever dominated any aspect of the game so completely. It may not be the most important record, but it's the most impressive. Way behind him are Brock and Cobb, and then no one within miles.
How many stolen bases of Home plate did Henderson have? Case closed!
Ty Cobb has that record and will never ever be broken!!!!!
sam crawford and ty cobb probably the best outfield tandem in baseball for 10 years, and they couldn't stand each other, it's said by teammates that cobb was impossible to like, but he wasn't the dirty player that became his reputation. the notion he would sharpen spikes, or purposely try to hurt players has been debunked, in the dead ball era fielders would physically block the bag and plate, you had to come in hard or you wouldn't make it, cobb would aim for the players glove which was usually between him and the bag... it was a much different game back them.
some things never change,it's a grind,want to move onto other things!!
Georgia peach. Awesome.
The Georgia Peach!
he couldnt have been asked about his hall of fame career because the HOF didnt exist at this time
Complicated individual.
Only complicated it seems to you - and maybe, Al Stump. Most of us have a pretty clear understanding of Ty Cobb and we have enlightened ourselves with the facts opposed to flimsy stories written by writers determined to make a jackpot off of Mr. Cobb.
@@wesleyfricks7694 You attaching negative connotations to the word complicated; furthermore, you then attempted a conscending grandstanding statement that is undercut by your ealier ignorance. Cobb was a great player but you have no reason to be a jackass or to assume there was anything negative about the original comment.
In my opinion Ty Cobb was the Goat in baseball. Ruth was great but he was a close second to the Georgia 🍑 Peach!
Ty cobb did not have a weakness as a hitter, hoeever pete rose was a switch hitter one advantage
Cobb was great.
Ruth was better.
@@TheBatugan77 babe ruth brilliant was more than baseball, he just did not know to marked it like Michael jordan does now
@@TheBatugan77 Everyone has their own opinions, and I respect yours as well!
Can we imagine how great Ted Williams would have been if he didn't fight for our country!?
Babe Ruth was great at hitting and pitching. Something we haven't seen since Ohtani.
LET YOUR "GOD" BE THE JUDGE....WE NOT NO "TRUTH" ABOUT ANYTHING!! BUT DO VOTE!!! LOL!!!
not 2 b controversial but just hard 4 me to accept anything that happened before 1947.(in baseball).
GivesAShit?
something 2 consider whether gives a shit or not.