The Last Man To Have Ever Won 30 Games. And Why I Didn't Want To Hear About The Mick Again.
Witucki’s stepson, a young man I’ve literally watched grow up, is now a sharp-tongued 19-year-old. “I guess it wasn’t such a smart idea to start a sports podcast this year, huh?” We were feeling quite proud of ourselves though - very Westendorfian, if you will. But how do you create and continue to do a show when your subject matter comes to a screeching halt? Not only did the entire world stop, but all of our pleasant distractions stopped too. Including sportsball. So, needless to say, it got tough coming up with things to talk about. Really tough. Now we had no choice. We had to get creative. Denny McLain is the last man to have won 30 games in Major League Baseball. He was the first to do it since Dizzy Dean. He won two Cy Young awards, a World Series and an MVP along with 55 wins all in the span of two years. Can you imagine what he could have achieved if only he didn’t have the same disposition as a mouthy 19-year-old? Youth, arrogance, naivete and straight-up r...