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http://www.espn.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/7879759/dennis-oil-boyd-says-used-crack-entire-86-season

 

Boyd told of his start on May 11, 1986, at Oakland when he smoked crack before taking the mound.

 

"I get to the ballpark, all the ballplayers are on the field, you know, taking batting practice and everythin'. And I walk in the clubhouse and I -- I got my pipe with me.

 

"I can remember going and locking myself up in the bathroom and smoking some dope right there at the ballpark. I was afraid that they knew and that the clubhouse manager had smelled it, he was gonna tell on me. So I gotta get rid of it.

 

"I had it under the bib of my cap, inside the crease inside of the cap. And when I was warming up in the ballgame -- third, fourth inning -- it fell off my head."

 

 

Boyd's violent delivery often led to his cap falling off.

 

"Every other pitch I pick it up, put it on. So it's one time, you know, I'm so into what I'm doing, I forgot that the dope is under my hat. So I look on the ground and I'm like, 'Damn, there's little rocks everywhere, man.' So I play it off as I'm walking back, I pick it up like -- dirt -- picking up (expletive), mashing it into the ground."

 

Baseball in general had a massive cocaine problem in the 1980's, headlined by Steve Howe and his seven or so lifetime suspensions, as well as the 4 members of the KC Royals (Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, Vida Blue and Jerry Martin) spending their off-season in prison on possession charges. The decade ended with famous Pittsburgh Drug Trials, where numerous players testified about their on-field and in-game use of cocaine,most memeorable of whom was Tim Raines, who testified in court that he used to slide into second base head first so as not to break vials of cocaine he had in his back pocket.

 

It was after this that baseball started instituting their drug policies, which were to root out cocaine originally, but included all illegal drugs.

 

And that was what evolved into today's steroid policies...

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The Rays have a reliever named Jonny Venters. Sounds like a good name for a punk rock artist.

 

I always though Antonio Bastardo was a great name for a Spaghetti Western villain...

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Bastardo doesn't even make sense to me. It's not like an innocent name in another language that means something gross or funny or insulting in English. It means the exact same thing in Italian AND Spanish as it sounds like to us. How did that become a proper surname?!
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Bastardo doesn't even make sense to me. It's not like an innocent name in another language that means something gross or funny or insulting in English. It means the exact same thing in Italian AND Spanish as it sounds like to us. How did that become a proper surname?!

 

Maybe it was shortened at one point?

 

Something like that?

 

Still a strange name to use.

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Bastardo doesn't even make sense to me. It's not like an innocent name in another language that means something gross or funny or insulting in English. It means the exact same thing in Italian AND Spanish as it sounds like to us. How did that become a proper surname?!

 

There's also a town in Italy called Bastardo.

 

Different cultures see things differently, I guess...

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Maybe it was shortened at one point?

 

Something like that?

 

Still a strange name to use.

 

The original family name was Oldirtybastardo...

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In case any of you Seinfeld fans missed it, the Pirates currently have 2 utility infielders named Kevin Kramer and Kevin Newman.
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In case any of you Seinfeld fans missed it, the Pirates currently have 2 utility infielders named Kevin Kramer and Kevin Newman.

 

And a few years ago, they had a utility infielder named Kevin Ross (which was George's fiance's last name)...

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I do hope Sox minor league outfielder Kyle Wren is called by his obvious nickname by Star Wars fans...

 

I don't get it. Maybe because I'm not a Star Wars fan?

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I don't get it. Maybe because I'm not a Star Wars fan?

 

The new villain in the latest Star Wars movies is named Kylo Ren, played by Adam Driver...

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In honor of Toe Knee Arm Ass, we need a Body Parts list for baseball names.

 

I'll throw 2 out there.

 

Bartolo Colon

Barry Foote (a personal favorite name that should have been in this thread before now)...

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In honor of Toe Knee Arm Ass, we need a Body Parts list for baseball names.

 

I'll throw 2 out there.

 

Bartolo Colon

Barry Foote (a personal favorite name that should have been in this thread before now)...

 

Rollie Fingers

Brad Hand

Elroy Face

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LOL Stat geek. BIG difference.

 

I'm actually kind of cool. :cool:

 

And that is where we differ. I'm not cool at all. My daughter like to remind me of this...

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Can I get a ruling on Jeff Francouer, whose name loosely translates to "French Heart"?

 

Oh sure. As long as I can have Rick Ankiel...:cool:

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