VENICE — The late innings of a turbulent game unlike any other are upon him now. But, somehow, Denny McLain still can deliver a fastball. Nearly a month shy of his 80th birthday and more than a little ...

Chances are, there will never be another 30 game winner in the MLB. On this day in 1968, Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain not only won his 31st game of the year, but gave Mickey Mantle a gift.

Denny McLain, Major League Baseball’s last 30-game winner, appears with the Thunderbird baseball team following his speech to the LCC students on May 1. On the first day of May, the students of Lima ...

Dec. 24—It's a cold Christmas weekend and everyone in or near Vigo County hopes to thaw out before the First Financial Wabash Valley Classic for boys high school basketball begins Monday. So the topic ...

Or, as McLain refers to him, “Stephen Strousburg,” but let’s just chalk that up to prison educational programs not being as strong as they should be: Folks, you never see it coming, it takes one pitch ...

Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers defeats Oakland, 5-4, to win his 30th game of the season—the last time a pitcher has done that. McLain’s record for the season would be 31-6. He was the first ...

In the world of sports, athletes often dedicate their entire lives to reaching the pinnacle of their profession, but for many, life at the top can be short-lived. Sometimes all a player gets to ...

He stands with a permanent lopsided slouch, his left shoulder 1 in. higher than his right. He peers out at the world through one clear contact lens and one that is blue-tinted; he is simply too lazy ...

On this day, March 16, in 1985, Denny McLain, the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games, was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to 25 years in prison. McLain’s career was cut short by ...

In the 20 years I’ve been writing about baseball on the internet, I’ve been fortunate to develop hundreds of email relationships with baseball people. Many hundreds. Authors, artists, historians, ...