[freedumb2003]

>>Ty Cobb....pretty good baseball player...some say..<<

Legendary nastiness — he used to sharpen his cleats with a file to give the maximum damage to players tagging him out.

Among other things.

[Yogafist]

This guy might disagree with you.

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/who-was-ty-cobb-the-history-we-know-thats-wrong/

[glennaro]

... or the 5-minute video at Prager University:

https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/calling-good-people-racist-isnt-new-case-ty-cobb

[rrrod]

Republicans should follow suit....

[diogenes ghost]

"Legendary nastiness - he used to sharpen his cleats with a file...."

Most of his 'nastiness' is a myth perpetuated by a single writer who despised him.

His contemporaries viewed him as as good guy who was very competitive.

[Enchante]

That seems to be a myth.... Cobb’s reputation was smeared by one hostile early biographer looking to make a sensation. Cobb’s contemporaries seemed to regard him as a tough but fair competitor who they esteemed most highly. Allegations that he was especially nasty or racist compared to other ballplayers of his era have been discredited.

[grey_whiskers]

>>Ty Cobb....pretty good baseball player...some say..<<

Legendary nastiness — he used to sharpen his cleats with a file to give the maximum damage to players tagging him out./i>

Among other things.

Please see the following, it's from Hillsdale College's Imprimus:

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/who-was-ty-cobb-the-history-we-know-thats-wrong/