Word: shorthorn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...According to an article in last week's SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, the star pitcher was one of the partners in a handbook operating out of a restaurant bar in Flint, Mich., in 1967. McLain, an accomplished musician, first became involved, says SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, when he was booked into the Shorthorn Steak House to play the organ. There he met one Jigs Gazell, a bookie who reportedly has connections with a local Syrian mob loosely allied with Detroit's Cosa Nostra. With get-rich-quick promises, Jigs reportedly offered to cut McLain in on the action if he would back...