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...
The rains in late spring and throughout the summer in 2023 resulted in a higher than normal mortality rate of turkey eggs and poults, or chicks.
Fans have been convinced for a minute that there's drama between Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift due to a series of long reasons that are kinda exhausting but mostly have to do with song writing credits. Actually, lemme just:Anyway, despite Taylor being nothing but outwardly supportive of Olivia (she gave her a standing ovation at the Grammy Awards!), fans think her new song "Clara Bow" mightbe about Liv.Oh, and there's this!Anyway, here are the lyrics if you want to interpret them...
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...
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Southern California has started to feel like, well, Southern California again, with sunny afternoons pushing highs into the 80s this week. But don't start planning warm-weather weekend activities just yet. “Friday is when [temperatures] decrease; it drops 10 degrees because we have an approaching storm system," said Kristan Lund, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard. "Unfortunately," she added. “I am pretty sure it’s been every weekend for the last several weekends too." These...
Carl Erskine, who pitched two no-hitters for the Brooklyn Dodgers and was a 20-game winner in 1953 when he struck out a then-record 14 in the World Series, has died
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.
The word of caution was provided by Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan Wednesday, following an uncharacteristically warm winter.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The latest Smoke Trends report from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality underscores the continuation of the trend of more summertime smoke due to wildfires, with Bend and Central Oregon one of the worst-hit regions. The report includes the addition of Air Quality Index, or AQI, data from the 2023 wildfire season,
The Canadian federal government has warned the country could face another wildfire season because of unusually warm weather.The word of caution was provided by Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan on Parliament Hill Wednesday, on the heels of an uncharacteristically warm winter.He said that more dry, hot weather is expected this spring and summer, putting much of the country at heightened risk.Widespread drought and a forecast of above-normal temperatures will also play a factor, he...