Cobb: A Biography Audiobook

" The book is fiction. Stump needed money and fabricated salacious stories about a true gentleman and a great baseball player after his death. Ty Cobb was not a rapist, racist or a drunk. Stump on the other hand was well known as a down on his luck hack and never could keep a dime. If despicable character assassination is your cup of tea, then get this audio book otherwise read Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by N. Lehreesen which is unequivocally better in every respect. "

" Lot of baseball stats so that might bore some people. Cobb was not a nice man and didn't care what others thought. "

" One of the best biographies that I have ever read, and certainly the best sports biography. I was hooked from the first chapter where Stump recalls ghostwriting Cobb's "autobiography," spending the last fews years of Cobb's life with the man. Contempory counselors and psychologists would have a field day attempting to diagnose all of Cobb's neuroses. My vote for the greatest baseball player of all time, he was clearly the most despised by all who were near him. His baseball exploits were simply stunning. But his behavior, remarkably consistent both on the field and off, was jaw-dropping. The closer you were to Cobb, the greater the odds that you would hate him. His best chance of having adoring fans was to never meet them face-to-face. Baseball is so much the richer for Cobb's on-field and strategic contributions. If only he was respected as a person. This was a tragic story of a fantastic player, intellectually and physically brilliant, who had it all and could not keep out of his own way, systematically alienating those who wanted to care for him. There is a morality tale in this for all of us. In the end, Cobb needed Someone to save him from himself. "

" Didn't really read the entire thing...my dog got ahold of it and tore a chunk of pages out before I was done. The book wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. Cobb was a really interesting guy-I mean really interesting-but the book was written in a style that doesn't interest me. Too much fact and event listing and not enough storytelling. "

" What a great book! Highly recommended for fans of history and baseball alike. A first rate biographical portrait. Fascinating reading. "

" This is by far one of the best biographies I have read in my life. The subject matter helps, since he is one of my heroes, but the author does an excellent job of portraying his life, both in baseball and out. I was a little hesitant to read the book since the movie that was based off of the book seemed to focus more on sensationalizing certain events. There were very few similarities though, and the book provided excellent insight into Cobb's life from both his friends, enemies, contemporaries, and others. "

" A detailed, unapologetic life story of one of the best athletes and worst people in the history of sports. He had an astounding portfolio of records, most of which stood for 50 years, and some of which still stand today, 90 years later. He was also a violent, misogynistic, extremely racist psychopath with destructive and self-destructive tendencies. Cobb was perhaps the first "anti-role-model" athlete, and even just for that, his legacy is worth remembering. "

" Ty Cobb was a real rascal. The movie several years back is based on this book. There is a better biography written by Charles Alexander. But this is much more entertaining. "

" Cobb was an interesting character for sure, but Stump is definitely not the best man for the job of writing this book. The book is, for the most part, poorly written, and somehow manages to make an interesting character like Cobb relatively boring throughout most of its 420 pages. "

" I knew Ty Cobb was a jerk, but this book made me realize how big of an ass he really was. "

" Basically, Ty Cobb was a mean SOB, and this page-turner takes much delight and telling you how mean Cobb was. Also tells you how great a competitor Cobb was too, but this point seems rather secondary. "

" Stump does a good job of depicting the man Cobb wanted everyone to know, and who the real man was. Ty Cobb was the greatest baseball player ever to live, unfortunately his personality was not as admired. "

" Not a nice person, b ut a great baseball player. It took awhile to read not like other baseball books I have read. "

" Great look at a very enigmatic and energetic ballplayer and human being "

" If there were six stars, I would give it six stars. "

" Provides a great portrait of Cobb not only on the field but off it as well. Unfortunately, there wasn't much difference. "

" will review once I'm finished "

" I learned that Babe Ruth once ate an entire straw hat. "

" If you like baseball, and probably even if you don't, you will, like me, find this a fascinating portrait of a driven, strong, willful man. He wanted to win, badly, and would stop at almost nothing to do it. He was hated and respected by other ball players, both for good reason. "

" Great biography of a gifted but miserable human being. I'm not a big baseball fan but I still couldn't put it down. "

" This is good book. I reccomend it to baseball fans. Reader must be tolerant and patient, because the book gets better as it goes on "

" A great baseball history book - from a time when baseball players weren't celebrities, and baseball was more than entertainment. Ty Cobb certainly lived a unique and dangerous life. The movie that was made from this book is horrible, but the book is amazing. "

" A no holds barred biography of a true misanthrope. Ty Cobb was a great baseball player and a miserable failure as a human being. Violent, profane, hateful, racist, miserly....this book tells the tale of a gifted, driven athlete competing with the world and his own demons. "

" source is questionable, but i have a weakness for sports biographies. "

" Fascinating biography of one of the most maligned figures in the history of the game. This guy was a jerk- but he was a passionate jerk. You can't teach passion. "

" One of my favorite books as a kid. "