Don’t Knock the Rock

RIP, Rocky Colavito, 1933-2024.

When I was 10 years old—that most magical time for baseball fans—I saw a 44-year-old baseball coach (he looked so much older to me then) stand at home plate at Cleveland Municipal Stadium and throw a baseball over the centerfield wall. It remains to this day the closest I’ve come to actually seeing Superman fly or Spiderman climb or Bugs Bunny defy the …