5 Obvious Starts Where Oil Can Boyd Was Coked Up

Saw today that – in lieu of an upcoming book release – Oil Can Boyd admitted that he used cocaine during his time as a Major League pitcher. Aside from now having no reason to actually READ THE BOOK, and getting a hearty laugh out of a Yahoo! post where one contributor says they’re not surprised, this revelation gave me a great excuse to review the MLB career of the former Red Sox / Expos / Rangers starting pitcher. And it turns out, as I remembered, that Oil Can was more famous for his nickname than his talent on the mound. After reviewing his career gamelog on Baseball Reference, a couple of his career starts clearly standout where cocaine was a “helluva drug.” Below (and what follows AFTER THE JUMP) is a list of the 5 most obvious examples.   September 13, 1983 vs. Baltimore: 11 innings pitched, 0 strikeouts. If, as Wikipedia states, cocaine’s effect on athletic performance includes enhanced ability where “sustained attention and enduran...