2007-01-04 21:05:01 · 28 answers · asked by RANDY J B 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Ty Cobb for radio trivia
2007-01-05 04:44:06 · answer #1 · answered by uniqueacdenise 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
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Despite five straight winning seasons as manager, Cobb, followed a week later by Indians player-manager Speaker, suddenly retired after the 1926 season. The day after Christmas in 1926, the public found out why: Dutch Leonard, a disgruntled former player who had been released by both managers, accused Cobb and Speaker of fixing a game on September 24, 1919. Both stars, plus Cleveland outfielder Smokey Joe Wood, had allegedly agreed to let Detroit win the game to give the Tigers third place. Upon hearing the allegations, American League president Ban Johnson forced the two stars to quit. But Commissioner Kenesaw Landis cleared and reinstated both players when Leonard refused to leave California to testify. Cobb ended up in Philadelphia with Connie Mack, who defended the hated Cobb during the ordeal, and Cobb played two more years before retiring for good after a .328 season in 1928.
2007-01-05 10:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by sunshine05rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tyrus Raymond Cobb aka Ty Cobb back in 1919 against the Cleveland Indians
2007-01-05 05:12:42 · answer #3 · answered by jeff m 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
2007-01-06 07:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
2007-01-06 00:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by Chetarah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-05 18:29:59 · answer #6 · answered by jmac_598 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
2007-01-05 14:43:50 · answer #7 · answered by brgunner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-05 11:18:29 · answer #8 · answered by surfin987 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
2007-01-05 10:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by alextrbk_1999 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ty Cobb
2007-01-05 10:47:44 · answer #10 · answered by Allison M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋