Walter Johnson's fastball looked about the size of a watermelon seed and it hissed at you as it passed. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
He (Shoeless Joe Jackson) was the finest natural hitter in the history of the game. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
“When I began playing the game, baseball was as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch.” — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
When I began playing the game, baseball was about as gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do. — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
I have observed that baseball is not unlike war, and when you get right down to it, we batters are the heavy… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
When I played ball, I didn't play for fun. . . . It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out.… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it,… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed,… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the… — Ty Cobb Copy Share Image
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… — Ty Cobb Copy Share
Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a… — Ty Cobb Copy Share
I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the… — Ty Cobb Copy Share
The best recommendation for an umpire in the old days was: "He licked somebody in the Three-I League. He ought to do. — Ty Cobb Copy Share
He batted against spitballs, shineballs, emeryballs and all the other trick deliveries. He never figured anything out or studied anything with the same scientific… — Ty Cobb Copy Share
The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for… — Ty Cobb Copy Share
