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S2E – Stump in Ty Cobb Legacy
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A look at the fallacy of writer Al Stump in the Ty Cobb Legacy. Many still believe in what they read from Stump’s magazine pieces and his book, or what they saw in the movie based on Stump’s writings. Leaving them oblivious to the man Cobb was and the crimes Stump committed against him. Including the theft of personal items, forging of autographs, and counterfeit diaries that he was determined as trying to sell as authentic for years after the baseball great’s passing.

After several investigations by the FBI disclosed much of these wrongdoings by the author, the public was left in the dark.

Several research articles and books exposed the true facts in many of the falsehoods claimed by the writer of this fiction.

Show notes and references.

With the findings of numerous Stump thefts and misrepresentations of Ty Cobb. In the following published articles and Charles Leerhsen’s book.:

“The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller,” The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History, The Society for American Baseball Research. 2010; William R. Cobb. (Note no relation)

“Hauls of Shame Releases FBI Report on Fake Ty Cobb Diary,” July 1, 2011; Peter J. Nash.

“Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty” by Charles Leerhsen.

Leerhsen has also commented briefly on the book’s subject:

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