Ty Cobb’s Tahoe Vacation Home!

Ty Cobb’s Tahoe Vacation Home!

Ty Cobb's Tahoe Vacation Home!

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"In legend I am a sadistic, slashing, swashbuckling despot who waged war in the guise of sport," written by baseball great, Ty "The Georgia Peach" Cobb, after his retirement. Considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time, Cobb seemed to play ball like he was taking out a lifetime worth of anger and aggression attacking his own demons. He got into violent brawls both on and off the field and was known as a flagrant racist. He had no friends to speak of and even his teammates didn’t like him. But they did respect the way he played ball. He was known for his consistently high batting average and identifying and figuring out how to capitalize on the weak points of the opposing team. Some teammates even said he had brains in his feet. In 1936 when he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, he received 98.2 percent of the vote; a record that held until 1992 when Tom Seaver received 98.8 percent. By the time Cobb died in 1961, he owned $10 million of General Motors stock and $1.78 million in Coca-Cola stock. He died in 1961 leaving much of his wealth to the Cobb Educational Fund for poor Georgians. Tommy Lee Jones starred in a 1994 movie about Ty’s life.

After his retirement, Cobb bought a vacation home on the tax-friendly Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. The home was originally built in 1938 with a cabin feel on 2.25 acres and a walkway down to 147 feet of pristine Lake Tahoe shoreline. In 1992, the lodge was expanded and updated. Now at 2,423 square feet, the knotty pine interior has four bedrooms, four baths, a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace in the open living room, a large kitchen and dining with views over the lake. From the large deck, one has lake, mountain and forest views. Part of the land has been approved for conditional expansion improvements by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, should the new owner decide to subdivide, which would leave the Cobb Lodge on 1.02 acres. For more information.

Listed for the first time by Ty Cobb’s descendents, the Lake Tahoe retreat of baseball’s Georgia Peach is now offered at $6.5 million.

Source: www.david.cloutier.cbselectre.com