And McLain has a vocal range beyond the chilly bad best friend of Portal.

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McLain, a 30-game winner as a Detroit Tigers pitcher who later was convicted of money laundering, theft and mail fraud.

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McLain was indicted in 1998 along with John A. (Junior) Gotti in a phone-card scam, but the charges were dropped in 1999.

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Louis' Bob Gibson and Detroit's Denny McLain (1968), Oakland's Vida Blue (1971) , Milwaukee's Rollie Fingers (1981) and Detroit's Willie Hernandez (1984).

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But, says Diana McLain Smith, author of The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations, they could actually be your ticket to dramatic professional growth.

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That included Tel-Central, Denny McLain's old outfit.

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