Wade Boggs
Wade Boggs
Wade Anthony Boggsis an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees, with whom he won a World Series ring against the Atlanta Braves, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, with whom he reached 3,000 hits. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a perennial contender for American League batting titles. He is 33rd on the list of career leaders...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth15 June 1958
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
sees a guy not run out a ball or loaf after a fly or not go first-to-third or second-to-home because he's just trotting, it's disturbing. I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
There's a plaque missing in the hallway, as far as I'm concerned. He was one of the greatest hitters in the game. What he did was wrong, but as far as one of the greatest players to ever play the game the right way, he deserves it.
Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.
In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.
I played the game one way. I gave it everything I had. It doesn't take any ability to hustle.
I'm proud to help launch a program that reminds everyone not to drive drunk. This is a subject that I'm passionate about, particularly when it is delivered with such a positive voice.
My journey took a surprising turn in 1992. I left Boston and who would have ever thought I would wind up with the New York Yankees?
My God, ... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
It's been busy, but it's been a great busy. Every day it's something great. Somebody calls to do this or do that.
It's awful hard to repeat, but this weekend is what baseball is all about, ... Go Sox!
In my opinion, there was not a more feared hitter in baseball. When he walked to the plate and stared at the pitcher, you knew he was going to hit the ball hard and drive in important runs for us.
Toronto was the team that we had to contend with all the time, and Oakland. Those were the two teams that we had to battle all the time. Once I went to New York and we started winning, then the rivalry started to come back just a little bit. And then once I left New York, it's full-fledged now. It's a rip-roaring force fire right.
Those are three dominant pitchers in their era who really revolutionized the game,
I talked to Wade and he said he regrets that he had other commitments and could not be here,