http://nypost.com/2015/05/31/how-ty-cobb-was-framed-as-a-racist/

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Interesting review from the NY Post about a new book that completely and factually disputes the idea that Ty Cobb was a racist (anymore then anyone at the time). “Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beautyâ€￾

http://nypost.com/2015/05/31/how-ty-cobb-was-framed-as-a-racist/

"Why the determination to brand Cobb as the worst racist ever? Stump apparently believed a more sensational book would lead to more sales. But a large part of the story, Leerhsen notes, is simply that the accurate perception of Cobb as a hothead simply got mixed up with the fact that he was born in Georgia in 1886. Bad temper, southerner: Must have been a racist.

That’s both too broadly damning — not only were southerners not necessarily racist, Cobb’s own father fought for better treatment of blacks — and it lets us off the hook too easily."
 

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Don, is there still a way for the site to profit from the sale of a book? I'd like to purchase this book and help CF at the same time.
 

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In my humble opinion, the "Georgia Peach" is the greatest baseball player of all time. Ty was also a shrewd investor, business man & philanthropist who funded the Cobb Memorial Hospital.
 

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In my humble opinion, the "Georgia Peach" is the greatest baseball player of all time. Ty was also a shrewd investor, business man & philanthropist who funded the Cobb Memorial Hospital.

Agreed. I was coming back from N GA this weekend and to my right, on I85 was a hospital named after the Georgia Peach!
 
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