it is true they both are jerks of the field. But on the Field Ty Cobb played hard, and what he was naturaly played what he thought was the right way. while barry bonds cheated the game by artificialy making himself a great home run hitter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2727325
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/03/MNGGFA0UDU65.DTL
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/03/06/news.excerpt/index.html?cnn=yes
2007-05-11 09:32:11 · 20 answers · asked by Dodgerblue 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I agree that both are jerks. Both are very selfish and treat those around them with contempt. The difference is the respect, admiration, and loyalty that Cobb had to the game. He understood that the game was what mattered, not who was playing it. Bonds has no respect for any aspect of the game.
And for the record - the only thing that has changed about the size of ball fields from the beginning of the modern era (1903 to now is how far back the outfield fences are. All other dimensions are the same now as they were then and I believe that in his prime, Cobb would still be hitting .370 against todays pitchers.
2007-05-11 09:56:42 · answer #1 · answered by blue26 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Barry Bonds being a jerk: won't sign an autograph.
Ty Cobb being a jerk: beating a man to death with his bare hands.
Neither are good guys, but Ty Cobb was a maniac. Speaking of cheating, here's something found on wikipedia:
"..Cobb finally called it quits from a 22-year career as a Tiger in November 1926 by announcing his retirement. Shortly thereafter, Tris Speaker also retired as player-manager of the Cleveland team. The retirement of two great players at the same time sparked some interest, and it turned out that the two were coerced into retirement because of allegations of game-fixing brought about by Dutch Leonard, a former pitcher for Cobb. Leonard accused Wood and Cobb of betting on a Tiger-Cleveland game played in Detroit on September 25, 1919, in which they allegedly coerced a Detroit victory to win the bet. Leonard claimed proof existed in letters written to him by Cobb and Wood.."
Statistically, Ty Cobb is better no question. I just checked his stats. His walk to strikeout ratio? 1,249/357. That is just incredible. Besides home runs, Cobb beats Bonds in every category.
2007-05-11 10:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by Sasual K 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Easy. "Ty Cobb was no Barry Bonds." Or the other way. Doesn't matter.
Compare them as players? Yes. It can be done, either trivially or in interesting, advanced ways that require real analysis, critical thinking, and reveals insights perhaps not expected. But this isn't what is really wanted here; just keep drinking the "hate Bonds" kool-aide.
2007-05-11 18:37:15 · answer #3 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Barry Bonds was a jerk. Ty Cobb was a racist. Answer Ty Cobb
2016-03-19 03:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No coparisons other then they oth played baseball and were both Jerks. Other than that Ty Cobb never cheated his way into the record books. And Ty Cobb was not a Prima Dona who was not team player like Balco Bonds is.
2007-05-11 16:47:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The answer to your question is YES. anything can be compared and the outcome is usually what the asker wants it to be. You can compare black and white, day and night, etc etc etc. So the question you asked Can you compare Ty Cobb to Barry Bonds? Yes (it's just that different people will give differing comparisons.
2007-05-11 09:40:14 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say Hell no!
As big of a b*st*rd as Barry is, he doesn't even come close to Cobb. They say if you're not cheating, you're not trying. Well, I guess since Barry is cheating, at least he is trying. But Cobb actually killed a guy!
First electee into the Hall of Fame?
Yah, the Hall of Fame in Hell!
What kind of screwed up jacka$$ do you have to be to sharpen your spikes in order to cut someone open sliding into second base? Who thinks like that?
Ty Cobb, that's who.
He was the Donald Trump of his time.
Me, Meee!
It's all about Meeee!
Look at Meee!
You? Plth!
Meee!
Mee!
Yah, Barry sucks.
Ty Cobb?
Burn in Hell.
2007-05-11 16:10:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jason G 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well- i think the question should be "can you compare barry bonds to ty cobb?" and the answer is no. THey're both one of the best- but Ty Cobb was a pure talented hitter and barry may have cheated....
2007-05-11 10:36:38 · answer #8 · answered by yankfan192 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ty Cobb...dead
Barry Bonds...alive.
no i can't compare them, besides Ty Cobb would not last a season in todays MLB. He would be bored out of his mind.
2007-05-11 09:37:30 · answer #9 · answered by azsoccerfan 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If Ty cobb had played in the modern era than perhaps you could make a comparison, but reagardless the game has changed allot. Also how can you say that alcohol at the time was not performance enhancing. Moonshine packs quite a punch I tell ya.
2007-05-11 09:55:43 · answer #10 · answered by Trey L 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋