Anyone in our generation (that being the generation of guys between 21 and 35) remembers the name Oil Can Boyd. Not necessarily because he was a fantastic pitcher (he was a .500 pitcher in his 10 big league seasons) but because he had a great nickname (derived, by the way, from the fact that beer is called ‘oil’ in his native Mississippi- old Dennis enjoys tossing back a few bricks apparently). Well, Dennis left the game in 1991, and we haven’t seen him since (save for that little incident where surrendered to the FBI after being indicted on charges of threatening a former girlfriend and her kid- no biggie). Now, however, he’s trying to get back in the game at the tender age of 49 (as you can see in the picture above, he doesn’t look a day over 75).
Makes sense he’d comeback now, really, as we all know 49 year olds are basically in their prime. And since no-one is taking roids anymore, his eephus pitch might sneak past a few lads. There have only been 3 pitchers older than Boyd is today to ever start a MLB game, one being Boyd’s idol, Satchel Paige, who played until he was 59. So, maybe Boyd has 10 years left in the gas tank after all (see what we did there- gas tank, oil can. Yeah…)
