OT - Denny McLain estate sale

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by chlankf

Wish I could go. Love to find some of his stuff from his playing days in Des Moines.

Call him and ask him, he seems pretty accessible.

[Flintboy]

Convicted of stealing money from a pension plan. Screwed over hard working honest people who depended on that money. What a real winner, wouldn’t do anything to give that man a penny.

[Mark17]

It reminds me of a collectible that was floating around many years ago. It was a check from McLain, made out to, and endorsed on the back by Catfish Hunter, that had bounced. McLain had been a show promoter and Catfish had been one of the autograph signers.

[Flintboy]

Looks like they pulled a few items due to the signatures being highly questionable.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Flintboy

Convicted of stealing money from a pension plan. Screwed over hard working honest people who depended on that money. What a real winner, wouldn’t do anything to give that man a penny.

Yeah, this is my feeling as well. Just a trash human being that I would not give money to.

[jgannon]

I know Denny McLain f'd up, but I like him. He comes across as a real person. I like to believe in redemption, and the man has paid his debt to society.

[whitehse]

Denny was very active on Facebook a few years ago so I "friended" him. he was the only ex-ball player I ever friended because we had a mutual acquaintance that I wanted to ask him about. he would regularly comment on my posts much like an old friend would and it was interesting to ask him an occasional question about his experiences and get a straight answer from him. I made a comment about myself being grossly overweight once and I woke up the next morning to a Facebook Messenger message from Denny letting me know that he was once very overweight and went through the weight loss surgery process which was apparently once very successful for him. He told me of what he found were the pros and cons of the surgery and even offered to hook me up with his doctors as he felt they were excellent.

He didn't have to reach out to me like he did with an unsolicited testimonial and a genuine care for my health which I always very much appreciated. Sure, he was a turd of a guy at one time but I have always been taught to forgive especially when someone has paid their debt to society. I just see him now as a older gentleman with some great stories and seems to be somewhat lonely after the loss of his wife not long ago. I wish him well.

[Casey2296]

Humans are fallible. He reached out to you because he could connect with your personal experience. He stole money from working folks because he couldn't connect with their personal experience.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Humans are fallible... He stole money from working folks because he couldn't connect with their personal experience.

Or, maybe, he stole their money because he was an asshole