Just finished Mickey Lolich's book, "Joy in Tigertown". He also cites Sain as a great pitching coach. The problem with Sain, according to Lolich, is that he wanted complete control of the pitchers without any interference from the manager. That resulted in him getting fired quite a bit. Wasn't the saying "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain?"
And by the way, Denny McClain is only friendly these days because he's trying to get into heaven. He has a LOT of past sins to try and make up for.
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