OT - Denny McLain estate sale

[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

[Casey2296]

He certainly was an asshole to the folks he ripped off, he obviously wasn't an asshole to the user who made the comment about him.

[slidekellyslide]

People can be complicated. Ty Cobb was an enormous jerk but was not nearly the monster that Al Stump portrayed him as which has seemingly stuck to him post-mortem.

[Cooptown]

The Detroit Free Press ran an article, suspecting many items were fake.