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Carl Erskine

Lest We Forget: Carl Erskine, Whitey Herzog, Ken Holtzman

April 16, 2024 · 0 comments

Wow, it’s been a rough few days. First Fritz Peterson, now a trio of notables, for different reasons. I’ve never seen anything like this on the obituary page of The New York Times‘ website:   Carl Erskine, the last of “the boys of summer,” died Tuesday at the age of 97. “Oisk” was a mainstay […]

Tagged as: Carl Erskine, Ken Holtzman, Whitey Herzog

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Literary birthday greetings

December 13, 2010

A whole bunch today, beginning with Fergie Jenkins, the Hall of Fame pitcher, who turns 68. You often read about how dark-skinned Hispanics players such as Robert Clemente or Vic Power were amazed by the prejudice they encountered in the 1950s and 1960s, coming from countries where none existed. I wonder how Jenkins felt, coming […]

Tagged as: Carl Erskine, Ferguson Jenkins, Larry Doby

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