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...Indians on the field that season--1985--were on their way to losing 102 games. A solitary fanatic in the last row of the distant bleachers was banging a drum slowly to wake up either the offense or the ghosts of the past. George Vukovich stood where Rocky Colavito once stood. The 5,000 people rattling around the 74,208-seat Temple of Doom looked as if they wanted to wipe the stupid grin off the face of Chief Wahoo, the mascot whose very name was a cruel joke both to Native Americans and to Cleveland fans. There was talk...
Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays, Hank Aaron vs. Harmon Killebrew and Rocky Colavito vs. Duke Snider made for great television in the 1950s...
...Figueroa; went to the White Sox with Thad Bosley and Dick Dotson for Chris Knapp, Dave Frost and Brian Downing; traded to Texas for Claudell Washington and Rusty Torres; went to Cleveland with Len Barker for Jim Kern and Larvell Blanks; 90. Harvey Kuenn sent to Cleveland for Rocky Colavito, who went to Detroit; 91. Dartmouth; 92. Columbia; 93. California; 94. Duke; 95. UCLA; 96. UMass; 97. UNH; 98. U. Western Michigan; 99. University of South Alabama; 100. Pete Varney; 101. Rich Reese; 102. Tom Zachry; 103. Jack Billingham; 104. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Tommie Harper, Ken Williams, Bobby Bonds...
...base. At bat was Al Kaline, one of the league's most dangerous hitters. The situation clearly called for a relief pitcher. But the New York bullpen was exhausted after a 19-inning marathon against Detroit two nights before. Then Manager Ralph Houk remembered Colavito. In his years with the Indians, Rocky had nailed scores of base runners with his authoritative throwing arm. On Aug. 13, 1958, Colavito had even pitched three innings of scoreless ball against Detroit...
...left them stranded. He gave up only one hit, a harmless double in the sixth, and was taken out of the game in the seventh with 2⅔ scoreless innings to his credit. By then the Yanks had six runs of their own. They went on to win, giving Colavito, who ranks 15th among the all-time home-run hitters (372), his first major-league pitching victory. Rocky the Reliever is more than likely to appear again. Says Manager Houk: "He did a real fine job for us. I'd like to use him some more...