Denny McLain Gets 23-Year Prison Sentence

TAMPA, Fla. — Denny McLain, major league baseball’s last 30-game winner, was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison by a federal judge who chided him for not accepting his conviction on racketeering, extortion and drug-dealing charges. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich cited the former Detroit Tiger pitching sensation’s “failure to admit to yourself your own…

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