Major League Baseball

Carl Erskine, longtime Dodgers pitcher and one of the

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[ad_1] Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters as a mainstay on the Brooklyn Dodgers, and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, died Tuesday. He was 97. Erksine died at Community Hospital Anderson in his hometown of Anderson, Indiana, according to Michele Hockwalt, the hospital’s … Read more

Contributions of Black players in baseball being celebrated

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[ad_1] Contributions of Black players in baseball being celebrated – CBS News Watch CBS News Monday marks the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s debut in Major League Baseball. When he took first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson ended 80 years of segregation in baseball. Decades earlier, a team of Black players were making a … Read more