Tuesday, May 26, 2026

One Rough Dude

 


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  1. Uncompromising to the point of ruthless nastiness. Nobody liked Ty.

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    1. Rough as a cobb, you might say?

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  2. one of the greatest still...

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  3. He was slandered by a news reporter as being racist only because he was from Georgia. Absolutely no evidence, and testimony in the opposite. But people believed the newspaper.

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  4. Irish ancestry. It was to be expected.

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  5. He is the greatest of all time. People give that title to many players, but in the context of his time and in the era of the dead ball, he continues to be the GOAT. His numbers are such that no player today could do what he did, including Shohei Ohtani, as good as he is....

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  6. Small museum in Royston, GA, his hometown. He toured the US for Coke in the off season. Was paid in stock, at his request.

    Died back in the 60s with an estate of $60MM+ real $$$ back then. Donated it to a local hospital; they renamed it after him.

    PC took over 25-30 or so years ago,. Since he was a "racist", it got a new name, just like Bowman Gray Medical School (RJR early 1900s Exec) became Wake Forest Med School.

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  7. My mother’s family were Cobbs so I’ve heard the rough as a Cobb a couple times.

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