Ty Cobb story needed discovery, not embellishment, writer/director says. (Originated from Orange County Register)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | December 8, 1994| | Copyright 
    Too often, Hollywood biopics don't let the facts get in the way of telling a good story. But when Ron Shelton, the writer-director of ``Bull Durham'' and ``White Men Can't Jump,'' set out to dramatize the closing chapter in the life of baseball legend Ty Cobb he found that it was the facts that kept improving the story. 
    Cobb, who played in 1905-28, is nearly as famous for his mean streak and physical cruelty _ he once jumped into the stands to punch out a fan with no hands _ as he is for his many baseball records. But the man many credit with inventing the aggressive, modern ...

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