
Cobb
- R
- Year:
- 1994
- 128 min
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Ty Cobb in his Detroit Tigers uniform...
"the Georgia Peach. "
Note the smug expression
and the haunting set of eyes.
These disturbing eyes can be
seen in the earliest photo
Here, we see the famous swing
of the great Ty Cobb.
Turn the clock back
to the beginning of the century...
when America first embraced baseball...
and the exchanging of the ground rules
became a pre-game ritual...
that survives to this day.
At that time, professional baseball
was a casual game...
with a circus atmosphere.
Baseball players were often clowns...
and pre-game antics
took on the flavor of vaudeville.
But young Ty Cobb
would have none of that.
He turned the game into war...
and in the process,
invented the modern game as we know it.
Here, we see him running
over a first sacker on a drag bunt:
a play he perfected.
The aggressive, attacking game
was virtually Cobb's invention.
Infielders and catchers often bled
from his spikes.
Cobb would fight any man on or off
the field at the drop of a hat.
Batting champion 12 times...
he averaged over .300
for 23 consecutive years...
and averaged over .400
for a five-year stretch.
His lifetime batting average of .367...
has never been seriously approached.
in American history...
movie stars and presidents
all sought his company.
Here Cobb poses with his great archrival...
the legendary Babe Ruth.
Here we see Cobb
with one of his five children:
Here, he poses with some kids
from the neighborhood.
And, here, he shows his son
his curious hands-apart grip.
Though he was unable to teach
his flaming, competitive heart.
Charged with fixing games in 1926...
Cobb was roundly supported
by the children of America...
who came to the great batsman's defense.
The supposed scandal proved to be
much ado about nothing...
when baseball commissioner Judge Landis
fully acquitted the Georgia Peach...
of all wrongdoing.
...that is the very backbone
of America itself.
Near the end of his career...
Cobb joined the Philadelphia Athletics,
and at the age of 41...
he batted .323 and retired shortly
thereafter, telling the world:
"If a man can't hit better than that,
he ought to quit. "
Ty Cobb dominated the game
as no man ever had.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen...
what a ballplayer!
Hey, Stump.
Stumpy!
Gentlemen.
Get over here. We've got to settle this.
Stump! Come on!
Congrats, Al.
Four pieces in national magazines
this month.
Five.
You're the man, Stumpy.
Stumpy, 3:
45, you're late.Where have you been?
Stumpy, best fighter, pound for pound?
Joe Louis, a champ for 11 years.
Walker Smith, Jr.
better known to you dilettantes...
as Sugar Ray Robinson.
For Christ's sake, retired undefeated...
Henry Armstrong held three titles
at the same time.
No other fighter...
We call ourselves writers,
and all we do is watch ball games...
argue about everything,
and just get drunk a lot.
- You call that writing?
- Yeah!
Besides, Alan here
is writing a serious novel, aren't you?
Well, I haven't started yet,
but I'm going to.
- I've been very busy-
- By the end of the century...
You're pathetic!
The only reason you write is for a paycheck.
Besides, greatest fighter,
Harry Greb, 294 fights, no contest.
The guy killed everybody.
My ass! He couldn't beat Harry Belafonte.
Belafonte, best singer, male.
- Elvis.
- Perry Como.
Three words! Francis Albert Sinatra.
What about Nat "King" Cole?
Best king. I've got Henry VIII...
who started a new religion
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