COBB STILL VIEWED AS BASEBALL VILLAIN\ HE DEBUTED 100 YEARS AGO TODAY.(Sports)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: August 30, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Paul Newberry Associated Press

ROYSTON, Ga. -- He stepped to the plate for the first time -- this baby-faced teenager with the fiery eyes -- after a three-day-long train trip from Georgia to Detroit.

On the mound was a spitballing pitcher who had a staggering 41 wins the previous season.

Ty Cobb took the first pitch for a strike.

Then, with Jack Chesbro probably thinking it was time to finish off this overmatched rookie, Cobb did something that would become his trademark -- he slapped a run-scoring double to left-center field, the first of more than ...

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