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6. Oil-Can Boyd

Wed May 2, 2012, 01:27 PM

May 2012

from the Bosox

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Modern-day baseball nicknames can't match past [View all] Auggie May 2012 OP

I was always a fan of the all-financial team... Scuba May 2012 #1

+1 Hee-hee joeybee12 May 2012 #2

when dave cash came to the plate.. frylock May 2012 #8

Lets not forget John Buck hughee99 May 2012 #12

Great! Thanks. Scuba May 2012 #13

The Bird RockaFowler May 2012 #3

Charlie O is gone. He forced nicknames on his players. El Supremo May 2012 #4

"Mr. October"...."Babe"..."Hammerin' Hank"... lastlib May 2012 #5

Oil-Can Boyd usrname May 2012 #6

Who's on first? tclambert May 2012 #7

Rocket... cherokeeprogressive May 2012 #9

Spaceman Bill Lee bluedigger May 2012 #10

lol -- I remember reading similar complaints in the 1980s fishwax May 2012 #11

Drew Storen of the Nats TZ May 2012 #14