“The Babe was a great ballplayer, sure, but Cobb was even greater. Babe could knock your brains out, but Cobb would drive you crazy.”
Tris Speaker
“Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.”
Branch Rickey
“The thing that bothers me in this whole scenario is that it has set one part of west Cobb against another, and that's a shame.”
Lindsey Tippins
“We felt like they hadn't seen the real North Cobb team. We played as bad as we could in that first game and felt like we could play up to our capabilities tonight. I didn't think we'd shoot like that, though.”
Walter Jordan
“An outfield composed of Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, even with Ruth, lacks the combined power of DiMaggio, Musial and Ted Williams.”
Connie Mack
“That created a whole landslide of Cobb-hating and piling on. That was the last 10 months of Cobb's life. I think if any of us were portrayed in the last 10 months of life, when we were ravaged by disease, we would not come across very well.”
Dan Holmes
“I know baseball has to have heroes and villains, and Cobb fits the role of villain perfectly. But the worst about Cobb is taken unquestionably. Here you have arguably the greatest player in the game's history, and he's become a cartoon. The feeling is you can do whatever you want with him, no matter how over the top it is.”
