On Curses

I was commenting recently on a blog, and someone suggested that Cleveland was cursed with regard to "our future closers."

Here is a ttfc promise to you: There is only one curse that is officially recognized by ttfc, and it is the curse of Rocky Colavitto.

The curse of Fernando Cabrera? Please.

Look. Every franchise has trouble developing closers. And every franchise looks at its prospects and dubs one, "closer of the future." The fact that most of them fail isn't a curse. It is baseball.