My Life in Baseball: The True Record by Ty Cobb, Al Stump
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Book Reviews of My Life in Baseball: The True Record
Book Review: What Charles Alexander said on Al Stump's later Cobb works.
Summary: 4 Stars
"For those who preferred to remember Cobb's good qualities and let his faults be buried with his physical remains, Stump's article was at best an exercise in poor taste, and at worst a severe injustice to a man who had done much for his hometown and substantial good otherwise. (Stump mislead readers in implying that he had been Cobb's companion nearly all the time, when in fact he had seen him only a few times during that "wild" ten-month period.")...Stump...made no efforts to check facts. Thus the book included a number of mistaken dates, places, people, and situations...Unable to do much sustained work with Cobb, Stump relied considerably on a seven-part biographical sketch published in 1950 in the Sporting News by H.G. Salsinger, longtime Detroit Baseball writer and one of Cobb's few real freinds, as well as Cobb's 1952 Life articles and a book put together three years later by Cobb and John D. McCallum, combining reminiscences with tips on how to play the game."Book Review: Ty Cobb, in his own words
Summary: 4 Stars
I like to read about the past, the players, the games that influenced a national past time. Ty Cobb was his own man in a time when speaking out was looked at differently. He wanted to be the best, and in his mind he was the best baseball player in his era. The book is written in the same way. You can tell by the way he explains things that, in his mind, this is the way it happened. His style is easy to read, does not drag you down with prose or fancy wording, but he tends to get bogged down at times by details and stats that may or may not be true. He explains his childhood in a different light than other books written before his book, which is more on line to what may have really happened. It was a good read, with his stories and accounts of what occured during his playing days, the players he played with or against, and the tales and legends written about him during his career. I liked the book, the stories and his wit. Pick up the book, give it a try. You won't be waisting your time or money.Book Review: "Baseball is a red blooded sport for red blooded men." Cobb
Summary: 4 Stars
"Pink Teas and molleycoddles had best stay out." So says the the best baseball player EVER to play the game. From the blistering red clay of Georgia to the glory that was Tiger Stadium, to the cold moors of Scotland, Ty Cobb tells the story of his life and times. Is it the truth? Al Stump, who cowrote the book, would say no. Ty Cobb would say yes. In the end it doesn't really matter. I'm sure that Cobb was the man somewhere in between. You can argue and debate whether he was a good man or a bad one, but there is no debating that he played the game like it was meant to be played. A competitor the likes of which we have never seen and will likely never see again. This book is a must read simply because of the picture it paints of a man struggling to survive away from home, in a hostile place, surrounded by hostile men, but ever fighting on. "Baseball is a struggle for survival." Ty CobbBook Review: A LOOK AT A LEGEND
Summary: 4 Stars
TY COBB TELLS OF HIS LIFE AND CAREER IN THIS INTERESTING STORY. I FOUND HIS SIDE OF THE STORY TO BE VERY REFRESHING. HE CERTAINLY IS NO ANGEL. HIS FAMILY LIFE IS MENTIONED, MAYBE 5 TIMES IN THE WHOLE BOOK. HE WAS A TRUE BRAINY PLAYER AND TOTALLY FEARLESS. HIS TROUBLED BOYHOOD WAS A REAL NIGHTMARE (HIS MOTHER ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIS FATHER TO DEATH). HE IS TOTALLY WRAPPED UP IS HIS OWN LITTLE WORLD NEVER ALLOWING ANYONE TO GET CLOSE TO HIM. I FOUND HIM TO BE FULL OF HIMSELF AND IN SELF DENIAL CONCERNING HIS ANGER AND SELF CENTEREDNESS. AS A HUMAN BEING HE IS VERY FLAWED, HATED BY TEAMATES AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE. A TRUE LEGEND AS A PLAYER AND A VERY INTERESTING AND TROUBLED PERSON. RECOMMENDED.Book Review: Does he tell the truth?
Summary: 4 Stars
I think that this book was very well-written. Cobb seems like a smart man who was ahead of his time when it came to baseball. He comes across as a very bitter guy though... of course Ty was in his 70s at the time and oldtimer athletes always seem that way. Complaining about how the game has changed to be horrible and such. Its always cool to get an insider look at pro sports and athletes tho , and while i feel he didn't always tell the whole truth, I think it was a good book overall. Especially if you are a baseball history dork like me. i give it 4 out of 5.