Denny McLain back behind a mic — with Zaret, Page

Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain joins sportscasters Eli Zaret and Bob Page for a no-holds-barred podcast "No Filter Sports." (Photo: Detroit News photo archives)

Denny McLain is back behind a microphone, in an ideal format for a figure some people will always love and others will always loathe.

McLain and former local sportscasters Eli Zaret and Bob Page launched a podcast Monday called "No Filter Sports," promising two weekly hours of things they probably couldn't say if their jobs depended on it.

"The beauty of this," Zaret said early in the first show, "is the three of us are never going to work for any corporate bosses again" — and with no careers to sabotage, there are no…