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Article: Carl Erskine: ace right-hander for The Boys of Summer.(Carl Daniel Erskine, Brooklyn Dodgers)(Biography)
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- The National Pastime
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Carl Daniel Erskine, born and raised in Anderson, Indiana, but famed for his twelve seasons as a stellar right hander for the Brooklyn Dodgers in baseball's postwar era, proved not only to be talented pitcher but also an exceptional teammate and person.
One of the Dodgers of 1952-53 portrayed in Roger Kahn's 1971 baseball classic, The Boys of Summer, Erskine pitched for a Dodger team that he still loves--a ball club featuring exceptional players like Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campanella, Carl Furillo, Billy Cox, Preacher Roe, Joe Black, Clem Labine, George "Shotgun" Shuba, and Erskine himself.
After the cheering stopped, the ...