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Originally Posted by buddahfan As if other players from the south at that time weren't racist. How many players in the Hall of Fame today.
American Indians who played in the majors. Everyone knows about the crap that Jim Thorpe had to deal with and a lot of those throwing it are in the Hall of Fame today.
To single out Ty Cobb especially on a Detroil forum is well just odd to me. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/lege..._players.shtml |
The fact that most of the players at that time were racist does not take away from my point, but yet solidifies it...
...but to comment on your thoughts about singling out Ty Cobb. It is historians that have been quick to show him as an
extreme case not myself.
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Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (
December 18,
1886 –
July 17,
1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an
American baseball player generally considered to be the greatest player of the "
dead ball era" (
1900 –
1920). Cobb is also famous for being a vitriolic racist (even supposedly shunning
Babe Ruth for his allegedly black facial characteristics)" -
Wikipedia
"Tempestuous Times
Cobb mastered baseball, but he never mastered his temper. During his career he was involved in numerous fights, both on and off the field, and several profanity-laced shouting matches. A racist, Cobb once slapped a black elevator operator for being "uppity." When a black night watchman intervened, Cobb pulled out a knife and stabbed him. (The matter was later settled out of court.) On another occasion he climbed into the stands and savagely beat a spectator who had called him a "half-ni**er." " -
New Georgia Encyclopedia
These are just a couple inserts. I won't proceed with any others because I already think he has received more attention by my hands than I would have liked. In short, he is considered one of the most intimidating, saditistic, heartless players in the history of the game. He wore his racist beliefs as a badge. The fact that he played for a Detroit team in my eyes makes him even more of an embarrassment.
And back to topic...
The fact that he is in the Hall of Fame versus a gambler is completely ridiculous.
Again, the Hall of Fame should be based strictly on the numbers.