The Best We've Got: The Carl Erskine Story

Name: The Best We've Got: The Carl Erskine Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-08-11
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 9.1
Cast: Bobby 'Slick' Leonard, Bob Costas, Carl Erskine

2022
1h 30m

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9.1/10

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Carl Erskine in The Best We've Got: The Carl Erskine Story (2022)

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From the dirt-poor alleys of Anderson, Indiana, to a record-breaking career on a legendary team on the grandest stage in sports, Carl Erskine has lived the American dream - and spent a lifet... Read allFrom the dirt-poor alleys of Anderson, Indiana, to a record-breaking career on a legendary team on the grandest stage in sports, Carl Erskine has lived the American dream - and spent a lifetime giving it to others.From the dirt-poor alleys of Anderson, Indiana, to a record-breaking career on a legendary team on the grandest stage in sports, Carl Erskine has lived the American dream - and spent a lifetime giving it to others.

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At the request of director / producer / writer, Ted Green, Phil Gries interviewed and filmed Dr. Leonard Todd Gries, in his Brooklyn Dodger memorabilia home den located in Long Island on February 4, 2021. Len recounted anecdotes and boyhood memories related to Carl Erskine and Jackie Robinson, when visiting Ebbets Field and rooting for his team the Brooklyn Dodgers, scores of times from 1952-1957, including, at age nine, being at Ebetts Field to witness Carl Erskine pitch his second career no-hitter in 1956. None of his 41-minute interview made the Final Cut, but he and brother Phil did receive special thank you acknowledgement credit.

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Carl Erskine mentions long-time Ebbets Field organist Gladys Goodding played "Back Home in Indiana" at Gil Hodges' funeral Mass in 1972. Gladys Goodding passed away in 1963.