Severe thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the northern Plains/Upper Midwest today. Heavy rain will also likely bring flash flooding to this area. Showers and thunderstorms will linger across the Gulf states. Flash flooding is likely in the central Gulf Coast. develop then linger across the Gulf states, yielding high rainfall amounts. Read More >. Salt Lake City, UT.
Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb. Cobb was an ornery racist who was one of the game's best players, and it's this contradiction that's at the heart of Ron Shelton's Cobb.. Jones fully embodies the crusty Cobb in both his playing days and as the bitter old man who is interviewed by a naÃ¯ve reporter.
Ty Cobb may have been the best baseball player of all-time, but there is little doubt that he was the dirtiest. Cobb was the leading vote getter on the inaugural Hall of Fame ballot (above Babe Ruth), set 90 MLB records during his career, and still has the high career batting average (.367). But Cobb's legacy as a great player is overshadowed by his style of play and off-field issues. Cobb was known for sliding with his spikes up when he stole bases, when he sharpened to intentionally cause fielders to bleed, but those were the smaller of the Cobb controversies. He was a known fighter on and off the field -- one time he fought umpire Billy Evans after a game.