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To: dennisw

:’) National Lampoon’s “Lives of the Great” had one on Ty Cobb; one claim is that he beat a couple of hecklers to death on a hotel elevator. ;’)


34 posted on 01/14/2014 7:43:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ty Cobb was a character. Super competitive just by the way he slid in spikes up. Major League baseball just banned players steaming into home plate and trying to bowl over the catcher (trying to tag him out)

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“Cobb was notorious for sliding into bases feet first, with his spikes high. Cobb’s legacy....”


35 posted on 01/14/2014 7:56:56 PM PST by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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