tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post7083136398223906976..comments2022-03-25T01:42:31.175-07:00Comments on Baseball Eras Blog: The Greatest Player Never to Win A World SeriesBaseball Eras Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-9154154996621559182012-10-02T20:52:01.969-07:002012-10-02T20:52:01.969-07:00Thanks for the positive feedback. I hope everyone...Thanks for the positive feedback. I hope everyone continues to enjoy the articles. Kidd Nichols is a great example, however, he played nearly his entire career before the World Series (and before the American League) existed. Cap Anson is a similar player played most of his career pre-World Series era. Before I decided on Cobb I also considered Ernie Banks, Tony Gwynn and Billy Williams. <br /><br />Marichal is also a great example. Stay tuned. You may hear more about the incident with Roseboro and the Dodgers-Giants rivalry.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-14017788774352560672012-10-02T20:43:21.359-07:002012-10-02T20:43:21.359-07:00Great article! Can't think of any player who ...Great article! Can't think of any player who is a better example of your article than Ty Cobb. I decided to check and see if there are any pitchers that fit the category. Found two. Kidd Nichols.who played in the 1890's and early 1900's. Baseball was different then. He won 361 games and threw 48 shutouts. I'm sure most victories were prior to 1901. The pitcher that I remember has being great but no world series is Juan Marichal. He won 243 games with 52 shutouts and an ERA of 2.89. Unfortunately when you hear his name you immediately think of him hitting John Roseboro with a bat rather than what a great pitcher he was. Great article. Your writing is fantastic. Keep it up. Looking forward to this week's article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-89874323054823899002012-10-01T21:22:42.938-07:002012-10-01T21:22:42.938-07:00JTH, the movie Cobb was based mostly on a few arti...JTH, the movie Cobb was based mostly on a few articles written by a sports writer named Al Stump. The articles were written based on his time spent with Cobb very late in Cobb's life. Cobb is one of those "legends" where it is hard to tell what really happened in a lot of these stories and what is being exaggerated. There are a lot of stories (which are very well supported) of his angry violent behavior towards fans, team mates, opponents and minorities. He told his team mates that he slept with a loaded revolver under his pillow on the trains because he didn't trust them. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Although he had a lot of anger and hatred he also donated a lot of money late in life and used his money to build a children's hospital in his home town.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-20617512807140785592012-10-01T21:20:37.190-07:002012-10-01T21:20:37.190-07:00Nerissa, thanks for reading again this week. Ther...Nerissa, thanks for reading again this week. There is always a perception of players staying with teams for longer time periods back then than they do today. Free agency didn't come into the league until the late 1970's. The players back then were unable to sign contracts with a new team unless their current teams decided they weren't good enough to keep playing. Although players were routinely traded, just as they are today, and many of the greats from that time played on multiple teams due to trades.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-31716331585864102332012-10-01T20:52:40.052-07:002012-10-01T20:52:40.052-07:00That's sad that he never got that World Series...That's sad that he never got that World Series win after getting so close more than once. I didn't realize how long players stayed on one team back then! I wonder if it would have been different for him if he played today? Nerissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075860896532210362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-90580559936686583512012-10-01T17:00:36.737-07:002012-10-01T17:00:36.737-07:00Another great entry, Mike. Very interesting. Espec...Another great entry, Mike. Very interesting. Especially coming from someone whose entire knowledge of Ty Cobb comes from the Tommy Lee Jones film. Was that movie all "Hollywood"? Or was Cobb really (besides being one of the best ever) a bastard?<br /><br />jthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-43638059411066445792012-09-30T16:55:57.686-07:002012-09-30T16:55:57.686-07:00Thanks Hope. Good point. Cobb did have a long st...Thanks Hope. Good point. Cobb did have a long standing rivalry with the A's, however, he was also an extremely competitive person who required himself to be the best. After feeling betrayed by the Tigers I don't think it would have mattered what uniform he wore when he got the ring. Part of his competitive nature was viewed as his extreme selfishness. At that point in his career the ultimate goal was a championship the uniform was irrelevant.Baseball Eras Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14330284249952707771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3412223823984646516.post-54958901158265562632012-09-30T12:22:55.446-07:002012-09-30T12:22:55.446-07:00Do you think it matters which team you win that Wo...Do you think it matters which team you win that World Series with? Didn't Cobb hate the A's? Or is it more important just to reach that pinnacle regardless of what uniform you're wearing?<br /><br />It's too bad for Cobb that he didn't "see" that staying one more year would be worth it. If only he had the same kind of foresight he had with his investments (hello coke and oldsmobile!) for baseball. :)Hope at Disneyland https://www.blogger.com/profile/02370611078115502407noreply@blogger.com