Stewardesses Beneath Baseball Blankets
D.C. Sports Bog —
... . Today, he's writing on alcohol and baseball : When I was a rookie on the Tigers, we were traveling on a DC-6, a four-engine propeller airplane and the First Class section of the plane was in the rear, away from coaches, managers, and others who didn't need to know. The section had a round card table and a couch around it for about six guys and a United Airlines blanket. Many a willing stewardess found her way under the blanket with one of her drunken sporting heroes. You would be shocked at who made their way under the blanket. Good times were had by many, and "United" was certainly an appropriate name for our plane because there was a fair amount of "uniting" going on thanks to the lowering of inhibitions due to alcohol. The Friendly Skies, indeed. So the charter plane turns out to be the Mile High Clubhouse. Etc. Anyhow, McLain wasn't merely attempting to be salacious, although attempting to be salac
The Griddle: The pot calling the kettle black blog
The Griddle —
... . Denny McLain thinks that baseball players aren't necessarily always responsible when it comes to alcohol and other vises. I am without a witty metaphor to describe this situation. For the record, I have a tea kettle at home. And it's white. But I really don't use it as I bought an electric pot to heat water. It's white too.
Denny McLain on Alcohol and the Mile High Club
FanHouse —
... Denny McClain is a lot of things: a Hall of Famer, the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season, a convict, a recovering alcoholic ... and these days, a blogger. The former Tigers pitcher is now writing for the Britannica Blog , where he touched upon the Josh Hancock tragedy by looking at how players treated alcohol in his heyday: Our '68 team had a number of heavy drinkers and several who were serious problem drinkers. In fact, Norm Cash, my roommate Ray Oyler, and our manager, Mayo Smith, all died prematurely and all three were alcoholics. The best place to get high on booze was a Major League clubhouse. But the clubhouse wasn't the only place to enjoy some post-game hijinks ... When I was a rookie on the Tigers, we were traveling on a DC-6, a four-engine propeller airplane and the First Class section of the plane was in the rear, away from coaches, managers, and others who didn't need to know. The sect
Denny McLain on Alcohol and the Mile High Club
FanHouse —
... Denny McClain is a lot of things: a Hall of Famer, the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season, a convict, a recovering alcoholic ... and these days, a blogger. The former Tigers pitcher is now writing for the Britannica Blog , where he touched upon the Josh Hancock tragedy by looking at how players treated alcohol in his heyday: Our '68 team had a number of heavy drinkers and several who were serious problem drinkers. In fact, Norm Cash, my roommate Ray Oyler, and our manager, Mayo Smith, all died prematurely and all three were alcoholics. The best place to get high on booze was a Major League clubhouse. But the clubhouse wasn't the only place to enjoy some post-game hijinks ... When I was a rookie on the Tigers, we were traveling on a DC-6, a four-engine propeller airplane and the First Class section of the plane was in the rear, away from coaches, managers, and others who didn't need to know. The sect
Denny McLain On Alcohol and Josh Hancock
TigerBlog —
... | Denny McLain made some very well thought out and interesting comments on his blog about alcohol in the clubhouse and Josh Hancock s premature passing. Post a comment Name:(required) Email (will not be published):(required) Website:
