Ty Cobb - Man or Monster?

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Ty Cobb expert, Wesley Fricks, shares his thoughts on the misconceptions of Ty Cobb through the years. Was Cobb the evil, gun wielding maniac portrayed by Al Stump? Or, was he like the rest of us?
Ty Cobb was no doubt a gifted Baseball player, which may be the most understated thing about him.
After hiring a writer to construct an autobiography of his life, he soon passed away.
Leaving sportswriter, Al Stump, the ability to say whatever he wanted to, "make a buck," on his legacy.
There is very little fact about much of what has been written about Ty Cobb since he passed, and the documents of his time are never used as fact.
That is changing, however. More and more people are gaining information, and Al Stump's secrets are getting exposed.
Need proof?
Watch the Video.

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@jackgalmitz 3 жыл бұрын

My father used to say Cobb was so hated by fellow ballplayers that at his funeral only two men showed up. The truth is when I die if my wife is still alive there will only be one person there; if she has passed before me someone I designated and hired to make sure I was cremated and buried will be the only person, a stranger, at my funeral. So it goes to show.

@upnywhiteb 16 күн бұрын

Same for me, it is just the WIfe and me.

@ianreed9571 3 жыл бұрын

Cobb won the Triple Crown in 1909!

@Breeder333 4 жыл бұрын

My all time favorite player. Someday I will make it to see the museum.

@BravesOnDeck 4 жыл бұрын

Free - Range ...you will enjoy it. Plenty of Cobb memorabilia!

@justinnardine8564 3 жыл бұрын

The hall is a good time

@upnywhiteb 16 күн бұрын

This is a museum I plan on visiting.

@BravesOnDeck 15 күн бұрын

Worth the stop!

@nibiruplanetx784 4 жыл бұрын

Ty Cobb-One hell of a ballplayer!

@hilldwler420 4 жыл бұрын

The most misunderstood baseball player in history

@BravesOnDeck 4 жыл бұрын

Pete Rose is up there too! I completely agree, arguably the greatest one to lace a pair of cleats. It is a shame that his name has been slandered. We really don't know what he was like, which may be the true tragedy of the situation. History is blurred, but I tend to think he leans more toward the human side of things than the myth.

@scaboi 3 жыл бұрын

@@BravesOnDeck Babe Ruth was a much better baseball player than Ty Cobb.

@dannydisalvo5869 3 жыл бұрын

@@scaboi Ty got more votes than Ruth when they were elected into the first Hall of Fame class. The people that actually saw both of them play clearly thought Cobb was the best.

@scaboi 3 жыл бұрын

@@dannydisalvo5869 Could Ty Cobb pitch and hit for power like Babe Ruth did? Those who said that Cobb was better, only because they hated Ruth's power game and preferred Cobbs small ball game.

@ShootTheMoonMedia 7 ай бұрын

@@scaboi😂

@1lthrnk 25 күн бұрын

Try Heart of a Tiger by Herschel Cobb. Just think what his batting average would be with the tighter baseball we have today

@rayfromphilly6969 3 жыл бұрын

Great interview. I just found your channel. I just bought the cobb a terrible beauty book.

@BravesOnDeck 3 жыл бұрын

It’s very enlightening. There’s a video of the author speaking at a college that made me buy it

@rayfromphilly6969 3 жыл бұрын

@@BravesOnDeck yes. I watched it yesterday. With charles leerhsen. Fantasic

@masonrahal6980 3 жыл бұрын

Top 5 baseball player in MLB history. In over 140 years of baseball history. Think about that.

@JimmyF638 3 жыл бұрын

Al Stump ruined this mans legacy

@BravesOnDeck 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame really. Take out the fact that it's a cruel thing to do, it also muddied the waters of baseball history. Even Ken Burns has come out and said he was inaccurate in his depiction of Cobb in his Baseball documentary. Stump missed an opportunity to document Cobb in the right way, and be remembered for it today.

@HappyRoach1 2 жыл бұрын

I used to believe a lot of the stuff from the 1994 Cobb movie, based on Al Stump's book. However, I always so impressed with Cobb's record and some of the crazy stories of Cobb, that I had to do my own research. The research showed a lot of stories were either lies or exaggerations or taken out of context. Now, I believe Al Stump's legacy as a sportswriter is going to be ruined. BTW, I'm black, its nice to know that Cobb supported the integration of baseball and did have respect for some of the Negro League players.

@3rdandzen97 2 жыл бұрын

@@BravesOnDeck I’m so glad you mentioned this. I am new to the non-myth accuracy about Ty Cobb and who he really was, and have been looking into it more. I was recently watching the Ken Burns documentary, and I was stunned by how malevolent they described Cobb - using words like “evil” and phrases like the “darkest” blight of baseball history. Burns is such a well-respected documentarian, I was stunned that he didn’t dig deeper on Cobb, and I was going to look into whether he had reconciled this, since he filmed it almost 20 years ago. Long story short, I’m happy to know that he addressed this, thank you! And thank you for the video!!

@BravesOnDeck 2 жыл бұрын

@@3rdandzen97 thank you for watching. I believe even Ken Burns has backtracked a bit when it comes to Cobb. I choose to believe he was misunderstood, but overall a decent person…but a heck of a player.

@Airsoftcleaner 2 ай бұрын

AWWWW Leave Stumpy Alone LOL!!!!

@user-bm2eh8rp4y 3 ай бұрын

The Best Baseball Player That Ever Lived Is Ty Cobb

@mabt4223 2 ай бұрын

👍

@Denver10215 4 ай бұрын

Beast .aggressive . Mean streak . .what

@dino8970 8 ай бұрын

Ty Cobb is the man

@bobpoet9783 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice interview. The photos need to be larger at 03:45 and 5:20. I recognize one as Cobb w/ Willie Mays in SF, and his colorized shot w/Babe and Tris Speaker, but wouldn't if I didn't know already. Film clip w/ Cobb himself begins at 14:00. (sidebar: at 10:17, Ty is driving his Chalmers? Baker? Hupmobile? Something else? I'd like to learn more about his Hupmobile dealership...)

@Airsoftcleaner 2 ай бұрын

The Terry Funk of Baseball

@bobbest1611 3 жыл бұрын

a gentleman's game? they'd bean 3 or 4 players in a row. fights were common. there were even fights between the players and umpires.

@louissuppa490 5 жыл бұрын

Read terrible beauty

@Lerf8 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't he kill someone

@BravesOnDeck 2 жыл бұрын

Falsely reported. Myth

@Pronzini1 3 жыл бұрын

Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter of all-time......Babe changed the game, and he was a great pitcher too.

@BravesOnDeck 3 жыл бұрын

I agree he changed the game, but pure hitter? In my opinion has to be Cobb.

@Lerf8 2 жыл бұрын

@@BravesOnDeck pete rose

@swisscheese6456 2 жыл бұрын

Best hitter of all time is barry bonds and its not close

@TheBatugan77 10 ай бұрын

@@BravesOnDeck By all the 'metrics', meaning things that help score runs, Ruth beats Cobb. His OPS, OPS+, RBI per PA, even when he was still pitching, generally beat Cobb. Respect the heck out of your opinion. Picking either guy ain't really wrong! All the best.

@mabt4223 2 ай бұрын

the argument is best HITTER. who has highest lifetime batting average.🤪🤪🤪🤪