TY COBB’S AUGUSTA LIFE AND BASEBALL CAREER
On display in the Georgia Heritage Room at the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library Main Branch from October to December 2017 will be a unique collection of items relating to Augusta native Ty Cobb and his amazing baseball career. Once more, Mr. Lamar Garrard shares his collection with us along with Mr. Milledge Murray to showcase Ty Cobb’s life here in Augusta. Mr. Gerrard is a native of Augusta and a graduate of Richmond Academy. The Georgia Southern University grad became interested in baseball while attending Augusta Tiger baseball games as a youth with his father. He writes a weekly baseball column for 3 CSRA newspapers and writes columns for the COLUMBIA COUNTY MAGAZINES.