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Wesley Fricks was born in Atlanta February 3, 1971 and moved to Royston, Georgia in 1974. He grew up on COBB St., one block away from the old COBB home place.

He got involved on the ground floor of the creation of the TY COBB Museum in January 1998. Wesley worked six months with Museum Director and Planning and Development Committee to establish this memorial to baseball’s most celebrated athlete. He was slated to be the Keynote Speaker at the opening ceremonies on July 17th until Phil Neikro’s services was secured. It was the year Neikro was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame.

He continued to work with the new Committee established, the TY COBB Advisory Committee, to continue to upgrade and enhance the material inside the Museum. In 2003, the TY COBB Educational Foundation was celebrating fifty years of giving scholarships to needy Georgia students. They were interested in getting a display in our Museum. Wesley was asked to work with a team to provide this outlet for the TCEF to get some exposure. He was asked to write a video script with only three days to get it done. He scored and scored big with his creation of the TCEF DVD video that is a wonderful addition to the Museum.

Wesley was the keynote speaker at the Museum’s October 2003 unveiling of the TCEF display. He also designed the baseball card that was released on the same day. His contribution to the TY COBB Museum has been tireless and energetic.

Wesley has been a pillar of strength for TY COBB’s legacy over the last decade, participating in baseball symposiums, television shows, and was even asked by Major League Baseball Productions for an interview at Turner Field in Atlanta to be on Baseball’s All-Century Team video in 1999. He was interviewed again at Turner Field in 2002 for Turner South’s Liars & Legends show that featured TY COBB.

Wesley has continued to do follow up with people from all over the country who contact the Museum for various purposes. His professionalism and knowledge of Ty Cobb baseball during that era has made a significant impact on what we do here at the Museum.

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Wesley's Recent Articles

Who Do You Believe Was Really the Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth?

Published 4 months ago
87 reads 6 comments

Ty Cobb To Build New State-Of-The Art Medical Center For Northeast Georgia

Published 4 months ago
119 reads 0 comments

Former Detroit Tigers Star Ty Cobb and His Long Journey Home To Georgia

Published 5 months ago
47 reads 3 comments

The Ty Cobb Museum: A Museum Built with a Bat!

Published 5 months ago
115 reads 1 comments

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Wesley Writes About

MLB (11),
Ty Cobb (11),
MLB History (9),
Detroit (7),
Detroit Tigers (7),
History (7),
Ann Arbor (7),
Baseball (5)

Rob Cranch commented on The Ty Cobb Museum: A Museum Built with a Bat!
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Rob Cranch commented on Who Do You Believe Was Really the Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth?

The Short List What Wesley thinks about sport's most pressing questions

Favorite Athletes

Cobb, Chandler, Ruth, Mays, Aaron, Jordan, Tiger,....
Favorite Sports Teams

Tigers, Braves, Rays & Yankees
All Time Sports Moment

Sid Bream went from second to home to send the Barves to game seven.
Most Memorable Game Attended

Chicago vs Braves 1991
Most Unbreakable Sports Record

TY COBB's batting average, .367
Ruth or Mays?

Ruth
Unitas or Montana?

Montana
Jordan or Russell?

Jordan
Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky
Pele or Maradona?

Pele
Federer or Sampras?

Sampras
Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger
Petty or Earnhardt?

Petty
Schumacher or Senna?

Schumacher
Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

SEC

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by Keith
2 days ago

It's time to prepare the throne, the King has arrived in New York! Lebron James is set to make his only appearance this season at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks. Take a look.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285453-prepare-the-throne-the-king-is-here-lebron-james-pays-visit-to-knicks
by Paige
28 days ago

If you get a chance stop by and read my article!! I would love any advice or comments!! =)
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/270233-longing-for-the-glory-days-in-georgia

Still love my Dawgs!! Go Dawgs
by Robert
2 months ago

Hello Wesley, I would like you to take a look at this article and leave your support in the comment area. I would love to see this story make a difference. Pass it around! Thanks

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/224275-ny-giants-george-martin-the-forgotten-hero
by O
3 months ago

As a baseball fan I thought you might want to take a look at my new article on the Dodgers legend Steve Garvey let me know what you think. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/220684-dodgers-legend-steve-garvey-was-a-true-ball-player

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by Matthew
3 months ago

Hey,

After the great success of my first article about the uniform numbers 1-10, I have come back with the next installment, with the best players to wear the uniform numbers 11-20. I hope you can take a look and even comment on my choices. Thanks in advance!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/217379-best-current-baseball-players-by-uniform-number-11-20

- Matthew Falkenbury
by Mike
3 months ago

Lets sing as we say to the first half goodbye!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216523-lets-sing-each-teams-first-half-song
by D.A.
3 months ago

Carlos Pena's in the ASG over Miguel Cabrera.. What?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/216578-miguel-cabrera-gets-snubbed-again

Thanks
Daniel
by J. Conrad
4 months ago

Thanks, Wesley, for becoming a fan of mine, and also for picking my Cobb article as a favorite!
by Austin
4 months ago

Hey Wesley,

Would you like to take part in a mid-season awards roundtable for the Tigers? If so, either email me at thedrake929@gmail.com or leave your email address on my profile and I will send you the information. Thanks.

-Austin
by Paige
4 months ago

Hey there!! Let me know what you think of my latest article if you get a chance!!! THANKS
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/203138-top-dawgs-with-something-to-prove-in-2009
by Griffin
4 months ago

Hey Wesley,

I wrote a piece in May highlighting the position players that I thought should make the all star team. I started a 2-part follow up piece today focusing on starting pitchers. I started with AL. If you get the chance, I'd appreciate it if you took a look at it. Thanks

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/201401-if-the-mlb-all-star-game-were-to-happen-now-these-would-be-your-guys-starting-pitchers

-Griffin
by Matthew
4 months ago

Wesley thank you for the pick of the day vote
by Paige
5 months ago

Hey Thanks a bunch for picking my article as a favorite!! I look forward to reading through your present articles and those to come!!
by Andrew
5 months ago

There have been a lot of negative things written about Ty Cobb so am glad the museum is there to bring out the positive side of Ty Cobb and his achievements. Ty Cobb should still have the hits record since Pete Rose had to bat about 2500 more times to break the record which is close to five extra seasons of at bats.

Thanks again for your work with the museum.
by Andrew
5 months ago

Thanks for making my Tom Glavine article a favorite. Thanks for all you have done for the Ty Cobb museum.

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Who Do You Believe Was Really the Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth?

Ty Cobb To Build New State-Of-The Art Medical Center For Northeast Georgia

Former Detroit Tigers Star Ty Cobb and His Long Journey Home To Georgia

The Ty Cobb Museum: A Museum Built with a Bat!

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