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Carl Erskine, RIP: From Jackie to Jimmy

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman remembers the Brooklyn Dodgers legend whose humanitarian side in the clubhouse and raising his Down’s syndrome son made him an even better man than he was a big league pitcher. Complete Story

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Gooden’s Number Retirement Gives Pause

Sports Photo… for SC’s Jeff Kallman, who remembers only too well the way the New York Mets ruined a transcendent pitcher before substance abuse issues joined in. Complete Story

The Temporarily Sacramento Athletics

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman says the Bizarro World owner of the A’s banking on everyone else shining in the small park there, too. Complete Story

He Said It Ain’t Shoh

Sports PhotoLast week, Shohei Ohtani himself said he doesn’t bet on sports at all. SC’s Jeff Kallman says: we should believe him until hard evidence says otherwise. Complete Story

Ohtani-Mizuhara vs. Rose

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman says sorry, but the uproar over the financial mess with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara still doesn’t get Pete Rose off the hook. Complete Story

A Star-Spangled Show of Strength?

Sports PhotoThe Giants want one and all present and accounted for when the National Anthem sounds. SC’s Jeff Kallman thinks that’s too problematic and explains why. Complete Story

Aerus Betts

Sports PhotoAlready a Hall of Fame-level right fielder and good second baseman, the Mookie Monster takes up a third field challenge, says SC’s Jeff Kallman. Complete Story

Mickey Mantle, as He Actually Was

Sports PhotoAlmost three decades after his death, too many still speak of Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle in should-have-been terms. SC’s Jeff Kallman says Mantle’s greatness as it was should have ended that talk ages ago. Complete Story

Anthony Rendon, Only Human

Sports PhotoThe oft-injured third baseman says family and faith are more important than the Old Ball Game — and SC’s Jeff Kallman doesn’t think he’s out of line to feel or say it. Complete Story

Where’s Baseball’s Mr. Blackwell?

Sports PhotoSC’s Jeff Kallman thinks that dedicated follower of fashion fails would have a field day with baseball’s uniform follies. Complete Story

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