Of course, much like everyone’s relationship with Ty Cobb (especially if you were black), Crawford’s partnership with the Georgia Peach was complicated – complicated because Ty Cobb was, by most accounts, an ass hole (or as Cobb apologists would tell you, aggressive).
Because of the curse of Coastal Geography and elitism, the NL Central division gets screwed. Instead of 5 teams fighting for the playoff spot, the powers that be thought it would be good to have 6 beat each other into submission. “Who cares?” they say, “After all, it’s only the Midwest.
We’ll show them, boys, we’ll [...]

