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Ty Cobb "In the Sunset of His Career" Photograph by Charles Conlon
One of the finest Conlon photos we have ever seen. Cobb's face has that inimitable look of greatness under pressure in this splendid Charles Conlon photo from 1928, the Peach's 24th and final season. Perhaps it was the Philadelphia A's elephant on his shirt that had him feeling out of sorts. After all, Cobb had spent 22 of those years with the Detroit Tigers as player and player-manager, and never expected to play out his career elsewhere. However, after being fingered in a betting and game-fixing scandal, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis quietly let the matter slide but ordered him to leave the Tigers in '27. The exiled Cobb then signed with Connie Mack's team, and while he was still potent with the bat -- hitting .357 in '27 at age 40 -- the lines on his face, the strain in his eyes and his withered smile reveal a man who'd had enough. And though he still hit .323, the '28 season was his last bow. Conlon's handwritten caption in pencil on the back of the picture perfectly sets the theme -- "Ty Cobb in the sunset of his career with the Athletics in 1928." Photo is 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" and absolutely a pristine NRMT classic. Conlon's ID stamp "Charles M. Conlon, Evening Telegram, New York" is also on back.
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