Based off the biographical book and article by sportswriter Al Stump, this is the story of Ty Cobb, the "greatest" player of baseball. Tommy Lee Jones does a terrific job playing Cobb and Stump is played by Robert Wuhl (the reporter who asks for a grant in Batman), whose performance sometimes feels a bit fake. The movie has Stump follow around a dying but still lively Cobb (at his demand, I mean, request) in his final months of life. See, Cobb wants the true story of his life to be told. And boy, what a story it is. The movie manages to be both tragically sad and quite humorous (Cobb is a handful and one vulgar SOB!) and at that, a pretty entertaining feature. Even non-baseball fans could enjoy it.
