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00:00He was the first man elected to the Hall of Fame, considered by many to be the greatest
00:13ball player of all time, but beyond the myth and behind the legend was the most feared
00:22man in the history of baseball.
00:25Mr. Cobb?
00:28Hello, Mr. Cobb?
00:33Come on in here, meet the great Ty Cobb!
00:40Lie after lie has been told about me.
00:43My entire life I've been misunderstood.
00:46But you are the very fortunate young sports writer who has been chosen to tell the true story.
00:53Ty Cobb.
00:56Cobb, misunderstood in his genius, as genius always is.
01:05Gonna be the greatest biography of a great man ever written, type the damn thing up!
01:10Oh, by the way, your wife left these in my automobile last night.
01:14The man was the greatest ball player next to you of all time.
01:18Aren't you gonna give Ruth credit for anything?
01:21He ran okay for a fat man.
01:23Am I supposed to tell the world that this monster is actually a prince?
01:28Am I just supposed to lie?
01:30Pathetic, paranoid, and lost in the past!
01:33I'm the writer!
01:34And I am the legend, and legends are not pathetic!
01:37Pathetic!
01:40You have never been this close to greatness in your short life, son.
01:45I ain't finished the damn game of baseball! Open up the door!
01:49If you die before this book is finished, I'll write the story I want.
01:53I ain't gonna die before the story's finished. I'll write slow.
01:55I'll die slow.
01:57I have 4,191 base hits, 920 stolen bases, 2,244 runs scored, and 93 batting records.
02:09I want you to take off every stitch of your clothes.
02:13He was a self-made man, and a self-proclaimed legend.
02:19Everybody hated him, and he loved it.
02:22Children of America need heroes, Tommy.
02:27You know that.