[gracex7]

No, 'perfect' was Ernie and Ray Lane, who was pre-Paul. It took me a few years to accept Mr. Carey.
When the Tigers let Ernie go a few years back, I felt like a knife went through me. I heard CBS baseball had picked him up, and I searched GR to find out if any of our radio stations carried it, but with no luck. So, one afternoon while I was asleep (I worked the night shift and weekends), my clock radio goes off and as I'm in dreamland, I swear I hear Ernie and sure enough, there he was on the radio. I can't even explain how happy I was. I've always thought that if I was ever in a coma, he'd be the voice to bring me out of it!
If we're going to try to bring Joe Schmidt back, we may as well try for Alex Karras...at least he's still alive!
Remember Willie throwing out Lou Brock in the series? Remember the game where Mickey Lolich hit a home-run? The look on his face was priceless.
I'm still arguing with a friend over McLain's '68 record. I think it was 31-3 (not counting any post season or All-Star), but he thinks it was 31-6. Can anyone help me on this one?
Also remember when Jimmy Hoffa went out for that really long lunch... (still think he's a part of the Renaissance!)

[Walkin Man]

McLain's magic of '68 won't be repeated in today's game

By Thom Loverro
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mike Mussina, by most accounts, is an ace. He has won at least 15 games eight times in his career and ranks among the top-10 active pitchers in victories.

But the Yankees right-hander never has reached 20 wins. And 30? That's a ridiculous dream for him — and everybody else in baseball. Not since Denny McLain finished 1968 with a 31-6 record to lead the Tigers to the World Series title has anyone hit the mark.

It was the first time a pitcher won 30 games since Dizzy Dean in 1934 — and based on the changes in the game, it may be the last time.

"I don't think it will ever happen again," Mussina said. "You only get about 34 starts in a year, and just by sheer luck you are going to run into somebody who pitches better than you more than three or four times over a season."

McLain, who won both the American League MVP and Cy Young in 1968, had 41 starts that season in a four-man rotation. That's almost unheard of now with teams' reliance on five-man rotations.

Found this on the web.

[tiamat]

Now do you remember the name of the restaurant where Jimmy Hoffa had his last lunch?

I do!

Tia

[Wondervixen]

31-6...I'm only 31, but that record has been drilled into me by Dad & Grandpa like I was there to see it.

[TheEditor]

McLain went 31-6 in '68, and 24-9 in '69. That year he shared the Cy Young with a very young Mike Cuellar from the Orioles.