{"product_id":"the-curse-of-rocky-colavito-terry-pluto-9781598510355","title":"The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The year's funniest and most insightful baseball book.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- Chicago Tribune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A 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? Only in Cleveland. No sports fans suffered more miserable teams for more seasons than Indians fans of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. 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. \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\u003ePluto profiles the men who made the Indians what they were, for better or worse, 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 this book still stands as the definitive story of that generation of Tribe fans--and a great piece of sports history writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Pluto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1598510355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598510355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gray \u0026amp; Company Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.02w x 0.70d","brand":"Terry Pluto","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048828694783,"sku":"9781598510355","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ec4a737-649f-4eb2-9986-4ce42846b07c.jpg?v=1684998058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-curse-of-rocky-colavito-terry-pluto-9781598510355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}