Carl Erskine
Carl Erskine
Carl Daniel Erskineis a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants, peaking with a 1953 season in which he won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game. Erskine pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s. Following his baseball...
ears eyes fact nine pitchers
It may re-open some eyes and ears to the fact that pitchers can and should go nine innings,
handed uncommon work
That's been handed down over the years. That was not uncommon to be said: 'Get me something to work with.
allowed good managers maybe pitcher staff starting true white
Today's managers don't give the starting pitcher a chance. Maybe this White Sox staff has re-proved something that was true all along. If the pitcher's in good shape, and he hasn't allowed too many runs, he can and should go all nine.
nostalgic
We were all very nostalgic about those guys.
motivational sports years
You hear the same thing every year but that is because it is true. In a short series, pitching is very dominant.
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I've had pretty good success with Stan (Musial) by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third.