Good News In History, October 9

Good News In History, October 9

Good News In History, October 9 On this day, in Game 2 of the 1909 World Series, Ty Cobb stole home base. The details around this famous of all capers are what make it so. Losing Game 1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tiger’s star and all-time great Ty Cobb was sitting on third base at the top of the second in Game 2, his team already behind by two runs. A reliever had come in named Victor Willis, a giant of a man, who Cobb noticed was paying far too much attention to the batter, giving Cobb the space he needed to steal home before Willis came to his senses. READ more about the circumstances…  (1909) Cobb slides into third base for a triple against the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium, August 16, 1924 By his own statement, Cobb was not the fastest runner. However, he was the smartest and most aggressive, leading to him hold the MLB all-time record for home base steals at 54 in his career. He studied pitcher’s deliveries constantly and developed the fall-away slide and some six o…