Oli Can Boyd, 49, making another comeback try

[Betallsports]

:think2: Guess some People just Don't want to Retire...Or in this Case, Stay Retired.

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd wants to pitch in the big leagues again -- at age 49 and 18 years after his last major league appearance.
Boyd sees himself as a modern-day Satchel Paige, who pitched professionally into his 50s.
"Satchel being my idol and knowing he didn't come into the (majors) until he was in his early 40s, that's always been in the back of my mind," Boyd told The Boston Globe. "Now, I've been given back the fastball I once had. I want to play."
Boyd told the Globe his fastball is in the low 90s and his breaking pitches are sharp. Former Sox catcher Mike Stanley seemed to concur when the newspaper interviewed him about Boyd. Stanley caught The Can during a recent Boston Red Sox fantasy camp.
"He looks no different to me now than when I caught him in Texas (with the Rangers). He still has the same passion. I don't know if he was getting to 90 because we didn't have a (radar) gun, but he still had the same stuff. The same tight slider, curve, fastball," the Globe quoted Stanley as saying.
This would be the latest in a series of comeback attempts by Boyd. His most recent one was in 2005 with the Brockton Rox of the independent Can-Am League. Boyd last pitched in the majors in 1991 for the Rangers; he left the game with a 78-77 record over 10 seasons with the Red Sox, Rangers and Montreal Expos. "I have nothing to lose, and all a major league team has to lose is 15 minutes," the Globe quoted Boyd as saying. "Give me 15 minutes and I'll show I can still pitch. That's all I want."

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[TomGshotput]

He's a drug using cheater just like the rest of them

 

[fivestarjake]

screw it. put him in the HALL.:drink:

 

[bucsfan67]

hahaha....

 

[EVincent]

If the Pittsburgh Pirates can sign two Indian game show contest winners, then they mine as well sign Boyd too!

 

[OAKAS]

Every time I see Oil Can's name I have to chuckle.

About ten years ago our independent baseball team, The Sioux City Explorers signed Oil Can to pitch for them in the upcoming season.

Well the first night the Can was in town, he was hauled in by the cops for waving a pistol in a popular night club in town.

 

[michael777]

oil can would be a gas can now

 

[BadCo]

That fucker,I had Bosox for the series all juiced up and him and Buckner can kiss my white pimply ass!

Game six I left the house for a halloween party with Redsox leading by 3 runs in extra's and told my roommate they will be partying tonight in Beantown.

Get to the party guy's are talking about the melt down and Oil Can will pitch game seven.

What a worthless piece of shit.

 

[moneyinthabank]

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd wants to pitch in the big leagues again -- at age 49 and 18 years after his last major league appearance.<!-- ------------------------------- --><!-- COMMENTS SECTION START --><!-- ------------------------------- -->

So he was 31. I guess he wasn't that good. :lol:

 

[5teamparlay]

Update:

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'Oil Can' Boyd has plenty to say
8:32 AM, Nov. 1, 2011**|** Comments

Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd, wearing green stockings pulled up to his knees in the old style, and protecting a two-run lead, did Monday morning what he has done for possibly as long as he has been smoking cigarettes.

Boyd, 52, helped his team win.

The Rhode Island Warriors defeated the Monroe (Mich.) Muscats 9-7 at City of Palms Park during pool play of the Roy Hobbs World Series Masters Division, 48-and-over. Tournament play begins Thursday.

“Bad habit, bad habit, I know,” Boyd said, smiling in the dugout as he bummed a quick cigarette from a teammate. “I started smoking when I was 2.”

The former Boston Red Sox right-handed pitcher, who spent 10 years in the big leagues, will tell all about his life in an as-yet untitled book, co-written with former Boston Herald sportswriter Mike Shalin and scheduled to be published by Triumph Books in March.

“I’ve got a book coming out, so I don’t want to expose too much about how I feel about the game I love and the game I have a passion for,” Boyd said. “I played baseball for a living. For the guys who play amateur baseball, this is still good. I enjoy it.”

Boyd’s nickname comes from the moonshine whiskey his grandparents made during Prohibition. His family history and more will be explored in the book, said Boyd, who worked on it with Shalin for about six months.

“Pretty much non-stop,” Boyd said. “There’s so much in there. I’ve have a very interesting life. I come from a southern background. Everyone thinks it’s a baseball book, but it’s not. There’s very little about my career in it.

“I’m a fifth-generation professional baseball player. I’m the only one that has claim to that.”

Boyd’s father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all played in the Negro Leagues.

“Five of my brothers played professional ball and three uncles and a whole bunch of cousins,” Boyd said. “I’ve got plenty to write about in the book, getting to the major leagues and being one of 16 kids. It’s a journey.”

Shalin said he found himself enthralled by Boyd’s life story, which included bouts with alcoholism, substance abuse and dealing with racism for most of his life.

 

[BettingFoodStamps]

I loved oil can boyd, the yanks will sign him to a 2 year 33 million dollar deal.

 

[JoeFalls]

padres should sign oil can. they just let go of harang, and he proved that anyone can pitch in petco park.

 

[ProPokerPlayer]

Astros could use him as their closer. Save money and get the same results..