According to the San Jose Mercury, the grandson of the most renowned player ever to wear a Detroit Tiger uniform will be rooting against family history Wednesday when the World Series opens at AT&T Park.
"Ty Cobb would be very excited about his Tigers playing in the World Series," said Herschel Cobb, the 69-year-old descendant of one of baseball's most combative and controversial figures.
"But we live in the Bay Area and have been Giants fans for a long time. We're going to be rooting for the home team to prevail."
His grandfather might even understand.
Ty Cobb, a Hall of Fame outfielder with a career .367 batting average, had his roots in Georgia but made the Bay Area his home much of the year shortly after retiring as a full-time player in 1928.
When the Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958, Cobb became a regular presence in the clubhouse.
