I may have to say no on Sain for the Hall of Fame, I do believe he may have been the best pitching coach during his time, but the Hall of Fame just doesn't look at coaches. As for Denny Mclain, I also chatted with him at the White Plains show a few months back, he had a autograph booth next to mine.--What a treat talking with him, he had great stories with some interesting off color remarks. He did say he was getting cortisone shots almost every week (unheard of in these days)--He said his arm hurt the whole year and it was nothing to throw 150 pitches a game. He also stated he should have won 32 games, Mayo Smith took him out of the second last game of the season where he was leading 1-0, Don McMahon game in and a walk,Homer and the game was lost. He also lost the last game of the season 2-1---McLain is really open and honest on his thoughts of his career.
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