Ebook {Epub PDF} Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump by Terry Pluto

 · THE CURSE OF ROCKY COLAVITO: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump. The Cleveland Indians have been so bad for the past three decades that even hapless Chicago Cubs fans can take heart. ``At 5/5(1). "The Curse of Rocky Colavito", A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump, by Terry Pluto. Published by Simon Schuster, New York. First Edition, Coded First Printing. ISBN A block of fine photos included.5/5(3). The curse of Rocky Colavito: a loving look at a thirty-year slump Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. The curse of Rocky Colavito: a loving look at a thirty-year slump by Pluto, Terry, Publication date Topics.

Terry Pluto's "The Curse of Rocky Colavito" is a great example of the genre. Pluto is well-qualified to offer this tale of the Tribe from the mids to the mids. He grew up as a fan, then covered the team as a professional sportswriter. The curse was given its name in , when sportswriter Terry Pluto authored the book, "The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump." For his part, Colavito doesn't. An insightful, although sometimes dry, "loving look at a thirty year slump." Pluto has plenty of behind the scenes gossip and enough entertaining stories to tell to keep the book moving along. His ultimate conclusion: an amazing string of coincidences and bad trades had more to do with the slump than Colavito.

Terry Pluto takes a fond and often humorous look at “the bad old days” of the Tribe and finds plenty of great stories for fans to commiserate with. Other teams lose players to injuries; the Indians lost them to alcoholism (Sam McDowell), a nervous breakdown (Tony Horton), and the pro golf tour (Ken Harrelson). The curse of Rocky Colavito: a loving look at a thirty-year slump a loving look at a thirty-year slump by Pluto, Terry, Publication date Topics. In his book, The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump, Pluto suggested that the trade, made by Indians general manager Frank Lane to blunt Colavito's popularity and end his salary demands, led to a season stretch where the Indians did not finish the season within 11 games of first place, from to