Baseball legend Rocky Colavito dies aged 91

[pwaldo]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ml...s-aged-91.html

Cleveland baseball legend Rocky Colavito has died at the age of 91.

A nine-time All-Star, Colavito died at his home Tuesday in Bernville, Pennsylvania.

Cleveland Guardians spokesman Bob DiBiasio said he was informed by the family and that there were family members by Colavito's side.

'Our collective hearts ache at the passing of Rocky,' said DiBiasio, the Guardians' senior vice president of public affairs.

'Rocky was a generational hero, one of the most popular players in franchise history. His popularity was evident across Northeast Ohio as sandlot ballplayers everywhere imitated Rocky´s on-deck circle routine of kneeling, then as he stepped into the batter's box the stretching the bat over the shoulders and pointing the bat at the pitcher.'

In eight seasons with the Indians, Colavito hit 190 homers and drove in 574 runs. He is 12th on the club's career homers list. Colavito was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2006.

[OriolesFan]

It was entertaining, when I was a kid, to watch him bat. Almost every time between pitches he'd get out of the batters box and do several movements with his bat before he got back in for the next pitch. He was a good player, and interesting to watch when hitting.