Country Music documentary

[packerzrule]

Ken Burns is awesome. This is a must see for any Country music fan.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

Ken Burns is awesome. This is a must see for any Country music fan.

I love Ken Burns' documentaries. I got hooked with his baseball and civil war series. We watched the country music series a couple of years ago. It was great and I would watch it again

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Heartworn Highways is better

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

And he really leaned into pretty well every Ty Cobb myth and that taints the whole baseball documentary

 

[PeoplesChicken]

And he really leaned into pretty well every Ty Cobb myth and that taints the whole baseball documentary

Myths? Because you actually grew up with Ty Cobb or did ya'll take a special class in school about him?

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Myths? Because you actually grew up with Ty Cobb or did ya'll take a special class in school about him?

It’s well documented that the Al Stump version of Ty Cobb pretty well all either made up or greatly exaggerated.

I mean for such a nasty racist, black newspapers sure sang his praises after his passing for his never wavering stance that baseball should be integrated.

Honestly, I don’t take anyone that believes the Al Stump version of Ty Cobb seriously when they talk baseball history. There’s a reason Stump waited until Cobb died to publish his lies. Dead men can’t sue for libel.

@broncosmitty knows more than me if you want to know more

 

[PeoplesChicken]

It’s well documented that the Al Stump version of Ty Cobb pretty well all either made up or greatly exaggerated.

I mean for such a nasty racist, black newspapers sure sang his praises after his passing for his never wavering stance that baseball should be integrated.

Honestly, I don’t take anyone that believes the Al Stump version of Ty Cobb seriously when they talk baseball history. There’s a reason Stump waited until Cobb died to publish his lies. Dead men can’t sue for libel.

@broncosmitty knows more than me if you want to know more

That Al Stump book? Worthless trash, the movie with Tommy Lee Jones was surprisingly worse

War on the Base Paths was a better bio

 

[broncosmitty]

That Al Stump book? Worthless trash, the movie with Tommy Lee Jones was surprisingly worse

War on the Base Paths was a better bio

Stump was a consultant for that film.

Bunch of fiction.



That’s Cobb throwing out the first pitch at the Detroit Stars new stadium in the Negro Leagues.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

Stump was a consultant for that film.

Bunch of fiction.

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That’s Cobb throwing out the first pitch at the Detroit Stars new stadium in the Negro Leagues.

Cobb was largely a product of his era and where he grew up. There were far worse racists in baseball

 

[Illustrious Potentate]

Cobb was largely a product of his era and where he grew up. There were far worse racists in baseball

I’d say if anything, Cobb was less racist than the average white man of his time, north or south. His dad was a pro civil rights politician in GA

 

[rsw626]

I’d say if anything, Cobb was less racist than the average white man of his time, north or south. His dad was a pro civil rights politician in GA

Yeah the whole racist thing about Cobb is bullshit, and as far as the other things in that hatchet job, yes he did brawl with fans (and others) but so did other players, he probably bets on games, but so did other players. Cobb may have had a personality that grated some people, but he was certainly no worse and wasn't any dirtier a player that anyone else of that time.