OT: Carl Erskine dead at 97
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He was the last of the “Boys of Summer”
The excellent New York Times obituary is well-worth reading. He was a fine man as well as an outstanding pitcher.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/obituaries/carl-erskine-dead.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/obituaries/carl-erskine-dead.html
Held his own in Dodger history playing with the likes of ( in different rotations) that featured Drysdale, Kofax, Newcome, Sal "the Barber" , Johnny Podres, Preacher Roe along with Ralph Branka
RIP to a man who was a Dodger all of his MBL career
RIP to a man who was a Dodger all of his MBL career
As were Drysdale and Koufax. The Dodgers tended to keep their starters for a long time. Koufax, who first pitched for the Dodgers in 1955 at age 19, is, I think, the living person closest to the boys of summer. (Koufax was a bonus baby in the years when teams had to carry bonus babies on the 25-man roster.)
Oddly enough, he didn't return to the majors until 1960, when he started a career with the Dodgers and other teams (including the Mets) through 1971.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/asprobo01.shtml