Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians are a Major League Baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They currently are in the Central Division of the American League.

1960's thru the Early 1990's: The Curse of Rocky Colavito

A 30+ year slump began for the Indians with the clubs most infamous trade; which involved slugging right fielder, and huge fan favorite, Rocky Colavito. Just before opening day in 1960 Colavito was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn. The Akron Beacon Journal's beat reporter for the Tribe, Terry Pluto, has documented the decades of woe that seemed to folow the trade, in his book The Curse of Rocky Colavito. Pluto takes an indepth look at this particular era, in which the franchise perenially played an almost comically bad brand of baseball. Pluto has written other books on the Indians, most notably, .

Related Topics:
Rocky Colavito - 1960 - Detroit Tigers - Harvey Kuenn - Akron Beacon Journal - Terry Pluto - The Curse of Rocky Colavito

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Frank 'Trader' Lane was the main culprit in the construction of what became a running joke in baseball for three decades. His poor trades left the team with little in assets, and the legacy snowballed. Without any strength in their farm system to nurture, the team fell deeper and deeper into a slump, which discounting a few moments of false hope, continued until the Tribe's inaugural season at Jacobs Field in 1994.

Related Topics:
Frank 'Trader' Lane - Farm system - Jacobs Field

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