Word: cobb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eternal summer of baseball memories, single images stand out: Babe Ruth, all massive shoulders and spindly legs, crouched somberly at the plate; Mel Ott's right leg flicking out as he stepped into a fastball; Ty Cobb's spikes flashing high as he slid home. In the case of Frank Frisch, the "Fordham Flash," the scenes are multiple-the headlong plunge toward second as he stretched a single into a double, the grace with which he consumed ground balls as an infielder, the temper tantrums that enthralled the crowds, baited the umpires and got him ejected from many...
...Cobb Manry Wills...
...Knowlton, John Kincheloe, and Jim Skyrms round out the performing members of the band, while Ty Cobb '72, handles the job of manager. Each has a distinctive vocal style which provides great variety and range in performance. Skyrms, a Williams graduate otherwise known as "The Great Cahuna", consistently thrills those who get their kicks from the surfer act with his composition. "Little Dead Surfer Girl," while Knowlton's facility with oldie lyrics and Beach Boys numbers sets the tone for this segment of the nightly fare. John Kincheloe, twin brother of George, is a superb drummer who demonstrates his ability...
Shortstop Maury Wills who has stolen more bases than any other major league baseball player in history was placed on waivers yesterday by the Los Angeles Dodgers Wills recently turned 40 was used little this season ten years after he broke Ty Cobb's mark by stealing a record 104 bases in one year...
...Kaline was the youngest man in history to win the American League batting championship and he has had more extra base hits than any other "Detrott Tiger except for the unapproachable Georgia Peach. Ty Cobb Kaline is a living classic, the perfect baseball playing machine, a skinny, eternally your superstar who brings the same talents to the plate as the youngster out of a Baltimore high school who rocketed to instant fame...