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...Four Horsemen would pull their pony weight in a National Football League backfield. Because baseball players appear not to change so much, they present their fans a wonderful illusion of constant values, like .300 batting averages. By this week, the fans should resume arguing over Pete Rose and Ty Cobb, surer than ever that human beings have always been made of the same clay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Illusion of Constant Values | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

...pair of contenders: New Yorkers dreamed of a Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees, while Los Angelenos fantasized about a Freeway Free-for-All between the Dodgers and Angels. Cincinnati's Pete Rose was closing in on one of the game's most cherished records, Ty Cobb's standard of 4,191 base hits; as the weekend began, he needed only three more to break it. The young Met fireballer, Dwight Gooden, a 20-game winner at the age of 20, was prompting comparisons with the greatest pitchers of the past. But the drug disclosures could not help putting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball's Drug Scandal | 9/16/1985 | See Source »

Also looking to see action on Soldiers Field is a trio of infielders--Richard Riley from Roxbury Latin, Eric Magrisi from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Pennsylvania, and Casey Cobb from Orono...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Class of '89: One of the Best Ever | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...Henry N. Cobb: Recent and Current Work: Gund Hall Gallery, 48 Quincy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: May 2-8, 1985 | 5/2/1985 | See Source »

...boys," she boasts. Along with Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, Schott got to watch Reds Player- Manager Pete Rose drive in three runs on two hits, nailing down a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Expos and leaping out of the gate on his quest to catch Ty Cobb's 4,191-hit record. Rose, 44, now has fewer than 100 to go. Though he was hot, Cincinnati was downright wintry. The game was delayed twice because of snow. Since the season has been extended by two playoff games this year, the snow could be coming down again before they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 22, 1985 | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

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