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Product Identifiers
PublisherTriumph Books
ISBN-101600786820
ISBN-139781600786822
eBay Product ID (ePID)111389269
Product Key Features
Book TitleThey Call Me Oil Can : Baseball, Drugs, and Life on the Edge
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBaseball / History, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Baseball / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year2012
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
AuthorMike Shalin, Dennis Boyd
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.7 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-001198
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Interesting, amusing, puzzling and at times unsettling... [a] blunt, honest and sometimes painful work." -The Tampa Tribune , "Interesting, amusing, puzzling and at times unsettling... [a] blunt, honest and sometimes painful work." --The Tampa Tribune
Dewey Decimal796.357092
SynopsisSpeaking candidly to veteran sportswriter Mike Shalin for the first time about his often tumultuous career in Major League Baseball, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd recounts a life that began in the Deep South of Mississippi, and the events that led him toward great heights atop the pitcher's mound at Fenway Park. As part of a stellar rotation alongside Bruce Hurst and a young Roger Clemens, Boyd served a dazzling array of pitches to opposing batters, most notably during the Boston Red Sox ill-fated 1986 World Series run against the New York Mets; and while he was at once brilliant and focused on the mound, off the field--as he affectingly reveals here--Boyd was unraveled by the personal battles he waged with substance abuse and destructive mood swings. As one of the few African American starting pitchers in the history of baseball, Boyd offers a candid, insightful, and often funny portrait of an athlete with boundless passion for the game, his teammates, and the Boston Red Sox.
LC Classification NumberGV865.B698A3 2012
