McLain began the 1964 season with the Syracuse Chiefs of the International League, but was soon promoted back to the major leagues in early June and ended the season with a won-loss record of 4-5.

McLain ’ s descent into his gambling obsession was further precipitated by an offhand remark made during an interview: that he drank about a case of Pepsi a day.

) A representative from Pepsi then offered McLain a contract with the company, just for doing a few endorsements.

Mike Cuellar shared the Cy Young Award with Detroit's Denny McLain.

Despite the troubles, McLain had another productive season in 1969, winning 24 games and won a second consecutive Cy Young Award, tying with Baltimore ’ s Mike Cuellar, marking the first time two players had shared the award.

When that season ended, Short dealt his best starting pitcher and the left side of his infield to the Detroit Tigers for erstwhile 30-game-winner Denny McLain, who had spent most of the 1970 campaign suspended because of gambling allegations.

* Denny McLain, former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

On June 15, 1965, McLain set a major league record for relief pitchers, when he struck out the first seven batters he faced after entering the game in the first inning to relieve starting pitcher, Dave Wickersham.

In 1966, McLain had a 13-4 record by mid-season to earn the role of starting pitcher for the American League in the 1966 All-Star Game, where he retired all nine batters that he faced with just 28 pitches.

When the Tigers began the 1968 season in first place, winning nine consecutive games after losing the season opening game, McLain made controversial statements in early May by criticizing Detroit fans for being, " the biggest front-running fans in the world.

After the Tigers had clinched the 1968 American League pennant, McLain added to his penchant for notoriety while pitching in his 31st victory in a game against the New York Yankees on September 19, 1968.

McLain had grown up idolizing New York Yankee center fielder, Mickey Mantle, who entered the game tied with Jimmie Foxx for third place in the major league career home runs list.

After the game, McLain smilingly denied that he had served up an easy pitch for Mantle to hit, however, he was later reprimanded by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

After the season, when McLain was asked about Lolich's performance in the World Series, he responded controversially by saying: “ I wouldn ’ t trade one Bob Gibson for 12 Mickey Loliches .”

Sports Illustrated cited sources who alleged that the foot injury suffered by McLain late in had been caused by an organized crime figure stomping on it for McLain's failure to pay off on a bet.

McLain was suspended indefinitely by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ; the suspension was then set for the first three months of the 1970 season.

McLain then received a seven day suspension in September for dousing two sportswriters ( Jim Hawkins of the Detroit Free Press and Watson Spoelstra of the Detroit News ) with buckets of water.

On October 9, 1970, McLain was traded by the Detroit Tigers with Elliott Maddox, Norm McRae and Don Wert to the Washington Senators for Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodríguez.

The McLain trade was made over the strenuous objections of Senators manager Ted Williams, who had little patience for McLain's high living.

By this time, McLain had serious arm trouble, inadvertently made worse by numerous cortisone shots he took for his sore arm.

After the 1971 season, McLain was traded to the Oakland Athletics for journeyman pitcher Jim Panther and prospect Don Stanhouse ( who would go on to have a few good years as the Baltimore Orioles ' closer in the late 1970s ).

After his actual parentage becomes more widely known ( he is the only child of the secret marriage between then-Lord Duncan McLain and Lady Maryse MacArdry ) late in The King's Justice, Dhugal's gillie Ciard O Ruane tells Kelson and Cardiel: " I canna ' speak for the clan, Sair, but young Dhugal is my chief, an ' will be sae long as he lives, whether he's Caulay's son or only his grandson.

Since then, The Corner has been used periodically to videotape special segments, such as the appearance of Denny McLain on Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory and a pregame piece for the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game featuring Ernie Harwell.

In July, Cepeda was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Denny McLain.

In 1974, after Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Denny McLain had retired from the major leagues ( two years earlier ), McLain played a season for the London Majors, restricting himself to home games at Labatt Park.

Due to arm problems, however, McLain only pitched nine innings for the Majors, but did play in 14 games at either shortstop, first base and catcher and batted. 380, including hitting two homers in one game in London.

For his outstanding year, Cuellar tied the Detroit Tigers ' pitcher Denny McLain for the American League Cy Young Award.

His final major league appearance came on September 12 against the Cincinnati Reds ; he came into a tied game in the ninth and promptly gave up three runs without retiring a batter, taking the loss ( coincidentally, the last batter McLain ever faced in the major leagues was none other than Pete Rose, who would also be ensnared in a gambling scandal years later ).

Then, in 1970, the team fell to 79 – 83 in a season marked by the suspension of McLain amid gambling allegations.

Jacob McLain was the first brickmaker and hatter in the town and township ; Garnett Whitelock, the first blacksmith.

In the first third of the 20th century ( especially after the Live Ball Era ), winning 30 games became the rare mark of excellent achievement ; this standard diminished to 25 games during the 1940s through 1980s ( the only pitcher to win 30 or more games during that time was Denny McLain in 1968, in what was an anomalous pitching-dominated season ).

The initial lineup was: Van McLain on guitar and vocals ; Charles Waltz on violin, keyboards and vocals ; Bill Guffey on keyboards ; Gary West on guitar and vocals ; Ron Verlin on bass, and Steve Thomas on drums.

( Adcock co-produced a documentary, released in 2009, titled Promised Land: A Swamp Pop Journey, which focused on his swamp pop supergroup Lil ' Band o ' Gold ; this group features swamp pop pioneer Warren Storm on drums and guest vocals by Tommy McLain.

The title song has been recorded by a number of artists, including Robert Goulet, Johnny Mathis, baseball pitcher Denny McLain, and by Sergio Franchi on his 1976 DynaHouse and TeleHouse albums ; Barbra Streisand, star of the 1970 film version, recorded the title song on the film soundtrack.

Sirens are not heard on the tape until more than two minutes after what is supposed to be the sound of the shooting ; however, McLain accompanied the motorcade to Parkland Hospital immediately after the shooting, with sirens blaring the entire time.

The men consisted of Paul Wyett as the scruffy and immature Compo Simmonite ; David Fenwick as meek and deep-thinking Norman Clegg ; Paul McLain as snobbish ladder-climber Seymour Utterthwaite ; Richard Lumsden as the eager soldier Foggy Dewhurst ; Gary Whitaker as the love-smitten Wally Batty ; and Paul Oldham as their friend, Sherbert.

* Kevin McLain ; National Football League player

McLain created more dissension when he clashed with Tigers ' manager Mayo Smith over the latter's role in the firing of Johnny Sain as the team's pitching coach.

Senators broadcaster Shelby Whitfield later told Rob Neyer that when Williams yanked McLain early from a July 5 game against the Cleveland Indians, McLain threatened to call Senators owner Bob Short and have him get rid of Williams.

After McLain walked Roger Maris and Tim McCarver, Cardinals third baseman Mike Shannon singled in Maris and went to second base when Tiger center fielder Jim Northrup misplayed the ball.

McLain did not return when play resumed after a one-hour and 15-minute rain delay.

In the 1968 World Series, when the Tigers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games, Wilson was part of a starting rotation that included 31-game winner Denny McLain and Mickey Lolich, who won three games in the Series.