{"product_id":"the-curse-of-rocky-colavito-a-loving-look-at-a-thirty-year-slump-paperback","title":"The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Pluto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The year's funniest and most insightful baseball book.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA classic look at those years of baseball futility and frustration that make the rare taste of success so much sweeter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAny team can have an off-decade. But three in a row? \u003cstrong\u003eOnly in Cleveland.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo sports fans suffered more miserable teams for more seasons than Indians fans of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. \u003cstrong\u003eTerry 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther 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). They even had to trade young Dennis Eckersley (a future Hall-of-Famer) because his wife fell in love with his best friend and teammate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePluto profiles the men who made the Indians what they were, for better or worse\u003c\/strong\u003e, including Gabe Paul, the underfunded and overmatched general manager; Herb Score, the much-loved master of malaprops in the broadcast booth; Andre Thornton, who weathered personal tragedies and stood as one of the few hitting stalwarts on some terrible teams; and Super Joe Charboneau, who blazed across the American League as a rookie but flamed out the following season.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-suffering Indians fans finally got an exciting, star-studded, winning team in the second half of the 1990s. But \u003cstrong\u003ethis book still stands as the definitive story of that generation of Tribe fans--and a great piece of sports history writing\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 291\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.12 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49235172130968,"sku":"9781598510355","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/uQUHs6C-iP9781598510355.webp?v=1781446816","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-curse-of-rocky-colavito-a-loving-look-at-a-thirty-year-slump-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}