Meet the abusive, racist, sexist baseball great Ty Cobb in Ron Shelton’s disappointing road movie: Cobb.
Shelton is one of the greatest directors of sports films, but this time his work just doesn’t sing like his best stuff does. Case in point: Tommy Lee Jones gives one of his best performances (think Sam Peckinpah), but Robert Wuhl is either miscast or just not up to being a leading man. It also doesn’t help that this unbearable version of the Georgia Peach has been debunked in the 26 years since the flick was released.
We tried to figure out if we can even trust any of Ty Cobb’s stories, but we also dug pretty deep into the intricacies of the Baseball Hall Of Fame and we even got into the Cobb v Ruth debate. Many tangents!
So let us fill nearly an hour of your COVID-affected day as Scoring At The Movies #49 unravels what works and what doesn’t in Shelton’s take on one of the absolute best in the history of the game of base and ball.
Pedantry Alert: Cobb is actually 6th on the career WAR leaderboard (Barry Bonds is 4th). Also, the fastest player ever according to Willie was Cool Papa Bell. Also also, Roy Campanella had to retire just before the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Also also also, the 1908 Cubs actually hit .249 as a team, not .230. And finally, before Mariano Rivera & Derek Jeter’s recent inductions, the highest percentage of votes went to Ken Griffey Jr., Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan and then Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball Reference links to: Cobb and Babe Ruth and Hall Of Fame induction years and WAR Leaders.
Twittering can be achieved by hitting up @moviefiend51 and @scoringatmovies
Ep.111 - The Karate Kid Part II
Ep. 110 - The Great White Hope
Ep. 109 - Golden Arm
Ep. 108 - The Rookie
Ep. 107 - Breaking Away
Ep. 106 - Hustle
Ep. 105 - The Express
Ep. 104 - Rush
Ep. 103 - Bruised
Ep. 102 - Secretariat
Ep. 101 - Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Ep. 100 - D2: The Mighty Ducks
Ep. 99 - King Richard
Ep. 98 - Rocky III
Ep. 97 - Eddie the Eagle
Ep. 96 - Leatherheads
Ep. 95 - Blades of Glory
Ep. 94 - McFarland
Ep. 93 - Casino Royale
Ep. 92 - The Bad News Bears
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