WINONA LAKE — Even long after they have passed on, an individual’s words and character can still speak to people. That was the message of former Brooklyn Dodger baseball player Carl Erskine during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration event on Monday, Jan. 16, at the Manahan Orthopedic Capital Center. During his time on …read more.

WARSAW — Former Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Carl Erskine will be the keynote speaker for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 16, at the Manahan Orthopedic Capital Center, 610 Wooster Road, Winona Lake. Erskine will speak about his time playing baseball on the Brooklyn Dodger’s team with Jackie Robinson during a …read more.

WARSAW — Racial tensions and baseball are two hot topics in American society currently, making former Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Carl Erskine a fitting speaker for area fifth graders at Warsaw Community High School on Thursday, Oct. 27. Erskine was born in Anderson and played baseball from 1948-1959. He wrote the book “What I learned …read more.