Dennis Boyd

On this date in 1986, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd flies into a rage after learning that he has been left off the American League All Star team and storms out of Fenway Park prior to Boston's game with the Angels. He will be suspended indefinitely be the Red Sox and eventually scuffle with local police before checking into a hospital for psychiatric testing.

"I would come to the ballpark, Pappas (Red Sox minority owner and team doctor) would call me in the back and ask me, 'How you feel? Did you do some (crack) last night? And I was honest with him and said, 'Yes I did.' So that was my drug test. Ain't nobody made me pee in a cup."

Wade Boggs

On this date in 2005, Wade Boggs is inducted into the Hall of Fame.

"You don't think Jim Rice or Don Baylor would've beat my ass if I was?" - on Oil Can Boyd's accusation that he was a racist

Dennis Boyd

On this date in 1986, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd flies into a rage after learning that he has been left off the American League All Star team and storms out of Fenway Park prior to Boston's game against the Angels. He will be suspended indefinitely by the Red Sox and eventually scuffle with local police before checking into a hospital for psychiatric testing.

"I would come into the ballpark, Pappas (Red Sox minority owner and team doctor) would call me in the back and ask me 'How you feel? Did you do some (crack) last night? And I was honest with him and said 'Yes I did.' So that was my drug test. Ain't nobody made me pee in a cup." 

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd

Born on today's date, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

"That's what they get for building a stadium on the ocean." - after a game in Cleveland was "fogged out"