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He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game.
Ty Cobb
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Ty Cobb
Age: 74 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: July 17
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Tyrus Raymond Cobb
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When two doctors pass each other on the street they wink at each other.
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Just speed, raw speed, blinding speed, too much speed.
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I've got to be first. ALL the time.
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I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.
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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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Don't come home a failure.
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I regret to this day that I never went to college. I feel I should have been a doctor.
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Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.
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The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field.
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To get along with me, don't increase my tension.
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When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.
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Every man in the game, from the minors on up, is not only fighting against the other side, but he's trying to hold onto his own job against those on his own bench who'd love to take it away. Why deny this? Why minimize it? Why not boldly admit it?
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