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Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed.

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Ty Cobb
Age: 74 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: July 17
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Georgia
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
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The Georgia Peach
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