Jared Jones had already entered the must-watch category. This just confirms it. My lord.

Join the great ⁦Daniel Brown⁩ as he visits MLB’s oldest living player, Art Schallock, who fetched the funny papers for Yogi Berra, entertained Groucho Marx and faced Jackie, Duke and Pee Wee in the World Series. theathletic.com/5427558/2024/0…

Reminder that Nike based the Phillies’ City Connect disaster on a weird flag nobody cares about.

Since I’m always so negative on City Connects, I’ll say a few nice things: the bridge on the hat is cool, the name-on-back font is terrific, and Nike actually resisted using black pants! Don’t love it overall, but as CC goes, it’s not completely terrible.

This week’s ’Sliders’: The Pirates’ blueprint for managing young arms; Seth Lugo’s curveball tips; the pitcher’s perspective on Ted Williams’ final home run — and more theathletic.com/5420600/2024/0…

“Played in WS” could replace it. Can’t argue with that!

Overcoming anxiety. Mastering mental health. It’s all part of the journey of a MLB pitcher.

Hoby Milner opens up about the mental side of baseball in this exclusive edition of The Firemen

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This is the man Carl Erskine was:

Complete-game shutouts on back to back nights! Ranger Suarez in Philly last night, Tanner Houck in Boston tonight. (More of this, please.)

Carl Erskine, who won five pennants and a World Series with the Dodgers, died Tuesday at 97.

He threw the first major-league pitch in Los Angeles, two no-hitters and struck out Aaron and Mays and Musial and Mantle.

@tylerkepner remembers the legend ⤵️
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great piece from Tyler here.

A tribute to Carl Erskine, a Boy of Summer who never lost his childlike wonder. He was a treasure. theathletic.com/5421671/2024/0…

One of the most thrilling little moments of my career was visiting Carl and Betty Erskine last summer in Anderson, Indiana, as Carl played “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” on harmonica. (Audio and story below). What a man, what a life. nytimes.com/2023/07/17/spo…