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COBB, Tyrus Raymond. Autograph letter signed ("Ty Cobb") to Jackie Jensen (1927-1982), Atlanta, Georgia, 9 February 1960. 6 pages, 8vo, on Emery University Hospital stationery, WITH AUTOGRAPH ENVELOPE SIGNED TWICE ("T. R. COBB").
"GET THE MONEY SURE": TY COBB TO A YOUNGER STAR ON TED WILLIAMS AND HOW TO WRING MORE MONEY OUT OF THE YAWKEYS
A fascinating letter from an ailing Georgia Peach to a younger, struggling star. Cobb tries to argue Jensen out of quitting the Red Sox and retiring from baseball. He thought Jensen resented the higher salary paid to Ted Williams and the time away from his family, but it turns out there was a pressing psychological reason as well. "I was a ball player," Cobb says. "I know so well your feelings per being away from your family. I have been through it with 5 children, their growth and developments and my having to be away." But in Jensen's case "the salary amount quoted is too much to toss aside. Your ability to earn now, also providing for your family's future is in the picture much. Remember you are not going to drop out of baseball for a year or two and come back in your present stride."
Cobb thought if Jensen quit "there will be days & months in future [when] you will see that a mistake was made." But he also says he wouldn't "blame you one iota for feeling as you, I believe, truly feel....You are a hell of a fine ball player Jackie," and "I have admiration for Ted," but "he has been allowed to run loose without even a halter on him..." Cobb thinks Jensen "should not quit" but should instead confront the Red Sox owner directly. "Lay your true cards on the table...tell Yawkey you have stood for the second fiddle stuff long enough...tell Yawkey you will sign for as much as Ted or more...If it's your desire to quit Jackie that's your business, only but always remember this letter. Get the money sure."
The real problem, it turns out, was Jensen's fear of flying! After quitting the 1960 season he returned the following year, but so did his anxieties. When he refused to go on a road trip, Sox management docked him for the missed games. He quit altogether in August 1961.
"GET THE MONEY SURE": TY COBB TO A YOUNGER STAR ON TED WILLIAMS AND HOW TO WRING MORE MONEY OUT OF THE YAWKEYS
A fascinating letter from an ailing Georgia Peach to a younger, struggling star. Cobb tries to argue Jensen out of quitting the Red Sox and retiring from baseball. He thought Jensen resented the higher salary paid to Ted Williams and the time away from his family, but it turns out there was a pressing psychological reason as well. "I was a ball player," Cobb says. "I know so well your feelings per being away from your family. I have been through it with 5 children, their growth and developments and my having to be away." But in Jensen's case "the salary amount quoted is too much to toss aside. Your ability to earn now, also providing for your family's future is in the picture much. Remember you are not going to drop out of baseball for a year or two and come back in your present stride."
Cobb thought if Jensen quit "there will be days & months in future [when] you will see that a mistake was made." But he also says he wouldn't "blame you one iota for feeling as you, I believe, truly feel....You are a hell of a fine ball player Jackie," and "I have admiration for Ted," but "he has been allowed to run loose without even a halter on him..." Cobb thinks Jensen "should not quit" but should instead confront the Red Sox owner directly. "Lay your true cards on the table...tell Yawkey you have stood for the second fiddle stuff long enough...tell Yawkey you will sign for as much as Ted or more...If it's your desire to quit Jackie that's your business, only but always remember this letter. Get the money sure."
The real problem, it turns out, was Jensen's fear of flying! After quitting the 1960 season he returned the following year, but so did his anxieties. When he refused to go on a road trip, Sox management docked him for the missed games. He quit altogether in August 1961.