"The greatest ballplayer of all time? ... I pick the Detroit man because he is, in my judgement, the most expert man in his profession and is able to respond better than any other ballplayer, to any demand made on him. I pick him because he plays ball with his whole anatomy — his head, his arms, his hands, his legs, his feet — and because he plays ball all the time for all that is in him. ... he loves the game. I have never seen a man who had his heart more centered in a sport than Cobb has when he’s playing. There never was a really good ball player who didn't think more of the game than he did of his salary or the applause of fans. ... I believe Cobb would continue to play ball if he were charged something for the privilege, and if the only spectator were the groundskeeper."
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Charles Comiskey, in The Chicago Tribune (17 April 1910); also in The National Game (2000) by Alfred Henry Spink, p. 272
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Ty Cobb
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (18 December 1886 – 17 July 1961), nicknamed "the Georgia Peach", was an American baseball player, often considered among the greatest players in the history of the sport.
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