Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers defeats Oakland, 5-4, to win his 30th game of the season—the last time a pitcher has done that. McLain’s record for the season would be 31-6. He was the first ...

Chances are, there will never be another 30 game winner in the MLB. On this day in 1968, Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain not only won his 31st game of the year, but gave Mickey Mantle a gift.

The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. David Hughes, The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. Dec. 24—It's a cold Christmas weekend and everyone in or near Vigo County hopes to thaw out before the First ...

Prologue: Hope -- Silent Film -- Lost Fathers -- Rising -- Testimony of Pilots -- The Break -- Into the City of Ashes -- A Black Man Wins in Boston -- Winter of Recriminations -- The Silent Spring -- ...