Eight memorable moments at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Wochit
The often-repeated portrait of Detroit Tigers legend Ty Cobb is that the “Georgia Peach” was a racist and nothing short of a monster of a person.
So it is interesting to note that 90 years ago, on May 11, 1930, it was Cobb, two years after retiring as the game's greatest player, who took a train from Georgia to throw out the first pitch at Hamtramck Stadium, the new Negro League ballpark that served as the on-and-off home field of the Detroit Stars from 1930-37 and the Detroit Wolves in 1932.