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Shortly before Ty Cobb died in the 1960s, a sportswriter asked the Hall of Famer what he thought he'd hit against the pitchers of the day. "About .320," said Cobb. "Is that all?" the sportswriter asked, "You're a .367 lifetime hitter."

"Yeah, well, you have to remember, I'm seventy-five years old," Cobb said.

TWO: The Best Book On Baseball And Urbanism Ever Written: City Baseball Magic, by Phil Bess.

Bess ran the Save Fenway Park charrette that invented the Green Monster seats.

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