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HALL OF FAME GUY

Carl Erskine may not have a plaque in Cooperstown, but the popular Dodgers pitcher would be a first-ballot Hall of Famer if his treatment of fans were taken into account. Erskine died on April 16 at the age of 97. He was one of the greatest autograph signers of all time.

The last of the “Boys of Summer,” Erskine teamed with Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges. The career-long Dodger won

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