Nobody's Perfect

by Denny McLain

book; signed by both Dave Diles and Denny McLain on the half title page. Burnt-orange boards with black titles to the spine only. An “O” is blind embossed on the front board, black endpapers. Dust jacket; black with green titles and authors’ names over a baseball and scoreboard. Photo of McLain on back panel. Rear flap dated 0475, price clipped.

Genres: Sports, Baseball

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

Reviews

[Marshall Merims · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another insightful baseball autobiography. Dennis Dale McLain is a real character. Interesting view into his life and his mind in the early 1970's about his career, his teammates, his managers, the press, and his wife. Well written book. Some stories were repeated in the book for some unknown reason. I wish he shared more stories about his teammates and games pitched rather than too many insider details about his wife and his various extra-marital affairs. Plenty of detail was shared with many of his baseball stories.

Here are some gems from the book. 1. In his first MLB pitching start, he picked off two base runners in the first inning and hit his only MLB home run in that game. 2. Denny's father passed in 1959 when Denny was just 15 years old. His dad never missed a game that Denny pitched but that day he did. Dad was found dead slumped over the steering wheel of his car ironically right outside of old Comiskey Park. 3. Ted Williams was the manager of the Washington Senators while Denny went 10-22 in 1971. These two hated one another. Williams was a magnificent ball player, but he was a cruel manager who talked down to every player on the team since no one had talent close to Ted. He had a very fond hatred for all pitchers apparently too.

So Denny has two more books out so I just may read one or both of those as well.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mediocre tell-all with a few gems of behind-the-scenes knowledge.