Ty Cobb (from Grantland.com)Honus Wagner was a little older, but his rival Ty Cobb was picked for the second player for the posting. He was the leading superstar of the major league deadball era, which set the stage for early baseball. And one of the first five recruited players to the Hall of Fame.Ty Cobb was born on December 18, 1886, as the eldest of three children in a small town called Na..