Ty Cobb
Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb, nicknamed "The Georgia Peach", was an American Major League Baseballoutfielder. He was born in rural Narrows, Georgia. Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1936 Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes; no other player received a higher percentage of votes until...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth18 December 1886
CityNarrows, GA
CountryUnited States of America
Her hope is to be able to pursue her planned retirement from two decades of distinguished public service to do community service law.
She did not leak any classified information, and she did not have access to the information apparently attributed to her by some government officials.
I had pencil and paper ready and put my hand out to sign,
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
Once Walton went down this road ... where he was persuaded Libby was entitled to some of the information, this issue (of national security) was going to haunt this trial.
He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.
The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.
Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.
I've been called one of the hardest bargainers who ever held out, and I'm proud of it.
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.
I've got to be first. ALL the time.