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Originally Posted by Merkle923
Here's a mini-mystery up on eBay ( Denny McLain Signed 8x10 Photo Auto Autograph White Sox Tigers 1968 MVP CY Young | eBay)
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But this is a shot of McLain at Comiskey Park, almost certainly a Brace image. And whereas McLain might have "gone north" with the White Sox before they lost him to the Tigers, a) what we can see of the outside foliage looks like summer, not spring), b) while the White Sox didn't open until April 9, the MLB openers were April 8, but c) the White Sox opened on the road, not at the Comiskey.
The likeliest guess is that McLain worked out with the Sox shortly after graduating from Mt. Carmel High in Chicago and signing with them in June, 1962. The uniform number (29) would've been unassigned then rather than, say, for a post-season unofficial workout in September, 1962, when it was worn by another rookie pitcher, Frank Kreutzer. |
This probably just adds to the mystery, but I have this photo of McLain during one 1962 photo op or mini-workout wearing 36.