And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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.
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....
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 $$$ back then. Donated it to a local hospital; they renamed it after him.
PC took over 25-30 or so years ago,. Since he was a "racist", it got a new name, just like Bowman Gray Medical School (RJR early 1900s Exec) became Wake Forest Med School.
Uncompromising to the point of ruthless nastiness. Nobody liked Ty.
ReplyDeleteRough as a cobb, you might say?
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ReplyDeleteHe was slandered by a news reporter as being racist only because he was from Georgia. Absolutely no evidence, and testimony in the opposite. But people believed the newspaper.
ReplyDeleteIrish ancestry. It was to be expected.
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ReplyDeleteHe is the greatest of all time. People give that title to many players, but in the context of his time and in the era of the dead ball, he continues to be the GOAT. His numbers are such that no player today could do what he did, including Shohei Ohtani, as good as he is....
ReplyDeleteSmall museum in Royston, GA, his hometown. He toured the US for Coke in the off season. Was paid in stock, at his request.
ReplyDeleteDied back in the 60s with an estate of $60MM+ real $$$ 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.
My mother’s family were Cobbs so I’ve heard the rough as a Cobb a couple times.
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