Ty Cobb

Ty Cobb (1886 – 1961) was a male Human who was one of the best baseball players on Earth in the early 20th century.

During Benjamin Sisko's first meeting with the Prophets, one of them took the form of Cobb. Sisko used the example of how Cobb might or might not hit the baseball to explain linear time to the Prophets. 
 * The baseball player was not identified as Cobb in the episode, but in the novelization.