Peach

Author:

By Richard Bak

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 3-4 days.

Price:

£16.99

Tagged with:

Baseball, Biography, Detroit Tigers

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Further Details

• Published: 1st Mar 2005
• ISBN: 1587262576
• Pages: 208

From the Publisher:

Although it has been more than 75 years since he last laced up his spikes, Ty Cobb remains arguably the greatest player in the long history of baseball. Certainly the Detroit Tigers outfielder remains the most controversial. He hit .367 over 24 seasons (1905–1928), won a dozen batting titles, and was the first man elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. But it was his blowtorch intensity and mercurial personality that set the Georgia Peach apart from all others. Peach: Ty Cobb in His Time and Ours takes readers into the cauldron that was his life—the spikings and assaults, the rivalries and petty jealousies, the never-ending string of battles on the diamond, in the stands, and at home. At the same time author Richard Bak reveals a side of Cobb not generally known—a man who quietly looked after the affairs of down-and-out ballplayers, founded a hospital system and educational foundation that still thrives after a half-century, and who belatedly came to grips with his own soiled legend. Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Cobb's 1905 debut in the major leagues, and featuring 150 rarely seen photographs, Peach provides a balanced analysis of this baseball icon's life inside and outside the game, with particular emphasis on his treatment in pop culture and public memory.