In 1986, the Donruss / Leaf Company captured this photograph of then-Boston-Red-Sox pitcher Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd to be a part of their annual set of Cardboard Multimedia Baseball Information Units.

This photograph feels like it captures many elements beyond just the sport of baseball.

It feels like it lets you in a little bit to what Oil Can may have been like as a person.

This photo features many characteristics that one may aspire to:

• sunglasses
• personalized jacket
• towel around the neck
• tilted cap

You can see somebody laughing in the background – perhaps caught in some jovial discussion with some of the other Boston Red Sox teammates.

Not Oil Can, though.

Oil Can is sitting there, stoic behind those glasses.

What is he thinking about?

Maybe he is thinking about how good it feels to strike people out.

He seems like one cool dude.