The HOVG Podcast: Denny McLain

This week, Shawn Anderson and Lou Olsen are joined by Denny McLain.

Major League Baseball’s last 30-game winner talks to the boys about the “Year of the Pitcher”, his love/hate relationship with former skipper Ted Williams (and how he thinks he would’ve fared against “The Splendid Splinter”), that time he was thrown off his Little League team and, lastly, shares his thoughts on working the talk show circuit as late night television’s preeminent organ player.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Swinging Pitcher: A Look at Denny McLain’s Easy-Listening Career

Baseball History in 1968: Year of the Pitcher

Recalling the real Year of the Pitcher

Here’s What Happened to Baseball’s Best Pitcher

DENNY’S BOOKS

• Nobody’s Perfect
• I Told You I Wasn’t Perfect

DENNY’S MUSIC

• Denny McLain at the Organ
• In Las Vegas

WHERE TO/HOW TO:

• Denny on Facebook
• Denny on Twitter
• Denny’s Baseball-Reference Page

SPONSOR:

This week’s podcast was brought to you by Out of the Park Baseball.