Ty Cobbs is a baseball immortal, considered by many the greatest player who ever lived. In an age when the game was young and tough, he cultivated a reputation as the fiercest competitor of them all. Yet after he retired, he realized that the very qualities that helped him reach the pinnacle of his profession also undermined his relationship with his own children. He was deeply depressed when two of his sons died at a very young age. Cobb never had the chance to bridge the emotional distance between them. Heart of a Tiger is Herschel Cobbs moving account of how a retired sports star seized a second chance at having a close family, with his grandchildren the lucky recipients of his change of heart.
