Supposed curses are abound for the Cleveland Indians these days.
It was exactly 55 years ago tomorrow that Tribe slugger Rocky Colavito found out he had been traded to the Detroit Tigers. With Colavito standing on first base during an exhibition game in Memphis, Tribe manager Joe Gordon emerged from the dugout and informed the New York native he had been traded to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for reigning AL batting champion Harvey Kuenn.
While the trade was incredibly unique, as it involved flipping the 1959 home run champion for the 1959 batting champion, it was remarkably unpopular among Indians fans.