Dodgers great Carl Erskine dies at 97

(Photo credit: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar via Imagn Content Services, LLC)Carl Erskine, who made the move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles with the Dodgers, died Tuesday at his home in Anderson, Ind. He was 97.

The Indianapolis Star reported he succumbed after a brief illness.

One of the "Boys of Summer," as immortalized by author Roger Kahn, Erskine appeared in 335 games (216 starts) between 1948 and 1959 with the Dodger