Word: cobb
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Rogers Hornsby, Ty Cobb, Jesse ("the Crab") Burkett. Others use the book to settle arguments. Who struck out more than any other player? Mickey Mantle, who whiffed 1,710 times during his 8,102 official times at bat. Which pitcher gave up the most bases on balls? Early Wynn, who issued 1 ,775 passes in his 23-year career. (He also struck out 2,334 batters.) Many encyclopediasts pass the winter months compiling their own alltime, all-star teams. Unfortunately, most of the casts are depressingly alike: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Cy Young, et al. Recently...
...Eagles assumed a never-to-be-lost lead with nine minutes left in the half, 23-21, on a 20-foot jumper Ernie Cobb, a junior guard with mattress spring for thighs...
...Marie-Saint's paragon of prudery rankles a bit, sugary in a few embarrassing moments. Yet Elia Kazan's otherwise slick direction salvages the plot, wisely allowing Brando to showcase his still developing talents and heart-melting looks. Studded with a brilliant supporting cast that featured Lee J. Cobb as a tyrannical union boss and Karl Malden as a crusading priest, "On the Waterfront" remains a prototype of movies The Way They Used to Be: a crisply paced, moralistic film that uplifts and, above all, entertains...
...exultant teammates, Left Fielder Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals last week celebrated the breaking of one of baseball's most enduring records. Collecting the 893rd stolen base of his career in a game with the San Diego Padres, he eclipsed the record established by Ty Cobb in 1928. Cobb took 3,033 games and 24 seasons (most of them with the Detroit Tigers) to set his mark; Brock needed only 2,376 games and fewer than 16 full seasons to break it. His next goal is to reach 1,000 stolen bases. But, says Brock...
...consider Rodney Cline Carew, the best damn hitter in baseball. He is the only man of his generation with the gifts-and the hard-won mastery of the art of hitting-to have a shot at joining the select club of the .400 hitters, which includes Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson, Nap Lajoie, George Sisler, Rogers Hornsby, Harry Heilmann and Bill Terry. In an era when batters must contend with night games and coast-to-coast jet lag -handicaps that the oldtimers never faced-the intense first baseman of the Minnesota Twins was hitting .402 last week and had been...