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Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. 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. In 1999, editors at The Sporting News ranked Ty Cobb 3rd on their list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".
Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 MLB records during his career. He still holds several records as of the end of the 2014 season, including the highest career batting average (.366 or .367, depending on source) and most career batting titles with 11 (or 12, depending on source). He retained many other records for almost a half century or more, including most career hits until 1985 (4,189 or 4,191, depending on source), most career runs (2,245 or 2,246 depending on source) until 2001, most career games played (3,035) and at bats (11,429 or 11,434 depending on source) until 1974, and the modern record for most career stolen bases (892) until 1977. He still holds the career record for stealing home (54 times) and for stealing second base, third base, and home in succession (5 times), and as the youngest player ever to compile 4,000 hits and score 2,000 runs. Cobb ranks fifth all-time in number of games played and committed 271 errors, the most by any American League (AL) outfielder.
Actors: Jackie Burroughs (actress), Cliff Sumter (miscellaneous crew), John Tench (actor), Rosemary Dunsmore (actress), Lawrence Shragge (composer), Matthew Modine (actor), Kristin Davis (actress), Michael D. Ornstein (editor), John Kent Harrison (director), Robert Huculak (actor), Shawn Hatosy (actor), Tracy Young (miscellaneous crew), David A. Rosemont (producer), Spencer Maybee (miscellaneous crew), Tamara Mauthe (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport,Actors: Ruth E. Carter (costume designer), Ron Shelton (director), Tom Todoroff (producer), Ron Shelton (writer), Robert Wuhl (actor), Rhoda Griffis (actress), Lolita Davidovich (actress), Tommy Lee Jones (actor), Arnon Milchan (producer), Ned Bellamy (actor), Michael Chieffo (actor), Bradley Whitford (actor), Tom Todoroff (actor), Bill Daly (miscellaneous crew), Neill Calabro (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ball-player ever,' in his words. However, when Stump spends time with Cobb, interviewing him and beginning to write, he realizes that the general public opinion is largely correct. In Stump's presence, Cobb is angry, violent, racist, misogynistic, and incorrigibly abusive to everyone around him. Torn between printing the truth by plumbing the depths of Cobb's dark soul and grim childhood, and succumbing to Cobb's pressure for a whitewash of his character and a simple baseball tale of his greatness, Stump writes two different books. One book is for Cobb, the other for the public.
Keywords: baseball, baseball-movie, baseball-player, based-on-article, breasts, detroit-tigers, female-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, ghost-writer, male-full-frontal-nudityActors: Irma P. Hall (actress), Joan Scheckel (actress), Richard Tyson (actor), Peter Donat (actor), J.C. Quinn (actor), Kelly McGillis (actress), Michael Papajohn (actor), Larry Cedar (actor), Ron Dean (actor), Bruce Boxleitner (actor), John Goodman (actor), James Cromwell (actor), W. Earl Brown (actor), Elmer Bernstein (composer), Bill Finnegan (producer),
Plot: Traces the career of Babe Ruth from his days as a youngster in an orphanage to his last days as a manager. Includes such moments as the famous predicted home run and the promise to little Johnny.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, adultery, alcoholic, babe-ruth, baltimore-maryland, baseball, baseball-movieActors: Adam Goldberg (actor), Neal McDonough (actor), Bruce Weitz (actor), Donald Moffat (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), Steve Dorff (composer), Stephen Lang (actor), John Anderson (actor), Andy Schofield (actor), William Lucking (actor), Annabelle Weenick (actress), Pete Rose (actor), Lisa Zane (actress), Terry Gusto (miscellaneous crew), Stephen R. Campanella (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport,Learn more athttp://books.simonandschuster.com/Ty-Cobb/Charles-Leerhsen/9781451645767?mcd=vd_youtube_book Former Sports Illustrated executive Charles Leerhsen and author of 'Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty', discusses the legacy of the baseball legend.
Charles Leerhsen, Author, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
Tyrus Raymond Cobb played baseball like a man charging a machine-gun nest. He gave no quarter, took no prisoners. And when his Hall of Fame career was over, Ty Cobb attacked life the same way. Tommy Lee Jones portrays the legendary -- and equally cheered and detested -- Georgia Peach in this acclaimed film from writer/director Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, Dark Blue), also starring Robert Wuhl and Lolita Davidovich. From its recapturing of the outfielder's playing days (Roger Clemens portrays a rival pitcher) to its recreation of a 1961 Hall of Fame banquet, Cobb is a movie grand slam.
http://www.coolsportinggoods.com Old video of the Hall of Fame baseball player Ty Cobb. Watch Ty Cobb hitting, running, and stealing bases.
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Only the male panelists are blindfolded for these baseball secrets. Kitty Carlisle substitutes for Faye. (1) "Mr. A" (Leon Cadore, Brooklyn Dodgers): "I pitched the longest major league game in history (26 innings)." (2) "Mr. B" (Johnny Vander Meer, Cincinnati Reds): "I pitched two no-hit games in a row (1938)." (3) "Mr. C" (Ty Cobb): "I have the highest lifetime batting average in baseball."
I'm sittin' in a magic hat
With smoke and mirrors
And tire rubber fires
Watch me disappear
What made it slow you down
Sucking on a ball and chain
Another motherfucker goes down the drain
Hard headed fuck you all
Just add it up to the hot rod death toll
Sick in the head sick in the mouth
And I can't hear a word you say
Not a bit, and I don't give a shit
I got the glass, I got the steel
I got the love to hate
All I need is your head on a stake
Hard headed fuck you all