The other Ty Cobb

[skipcareyisfat]

Guys-
Many of you probably still have subscriptions to SCD (I don't), so you might've already seen this in the May 5 issue. For those who didn't see it, Jim Stinson recently published a lengthy 2(?)-part article that sheds a more flattering and humane light on the life of Ty Cobb. It's a fascinating look at a guy whom we never seem to hear anything good about, while wholly discrediting Al Stump, Cobb's biographer, to a point where I'd personally love to see Cobb's biography rewritten. Maybe I'm alone on this one, but most of this was news to me, especially the part about DiMaggio.

http://www.stinsonsports.com/catalog_229/page09.html

[earlywynnfan]

There is another bio out there on Cobb, by Charles Alexander, I believe, that is very even-handed. It includes some of his jerky moments that Stinson seems to have ignored, but overall I was left with a positive opinion of Cobb.

Ken

[skipcareyisfat]

Thanks. I'll have to check that out. While on the subject of good baseball books, i just finished Glory of Their Times by Lawrence Ritter and it's a must read.