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    Carl Erskine, a legendary pitcher for the Dodgers who was the last surviving member of the 1950s "Boys of Summer" squad, has died. He was 97 years old.  Erskine died in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, at Community Hospital Anderson, according to Michele Hockwalt, who serves as the hospital’s marketing and communication manager.  "For millions of fans, he was a baseball hero," Hall of Fame Chair Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement about Erskine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON...

  • Dodgers Legend Dies at 97; Was Last Link to Brooklyn's 'Boys of Summer'

    Carl Erskine, whose pitching prowess helped the Brooklyn Dodgers end their championship drought in 1955, died Tuesday. He was 97.The Indiana native was a mainstay on the Dodgers teams that reached the World Series five times in eight years from 1949-56. He moved west with the franchise from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1957 and played the last of his 12 major league seasons — all with the Dodgers — in 1958.Erskine was the last living member of the "Boys of Summer" Dodgers made famous in Roger...

  • Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher and advocate for those with special needs, dies at 97

    Carl Erskine, one of the last living Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series in the 1950s before the team headed to Los Angeles, has died in his hometown of Anderson, Ind. A thoughtful man who threw himself into charity work later in life, Erskine died early Tuesday morning after a brief illness. He was 97. Part of a nearly mythical group of ballplayers who were anointed "The Boys of Summer" by author Roger Kahn, Erskine played alongside...