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
This journey started about 42 years ago in a little town of Brunswick, Georgia.
The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.
One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
I didn't get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone.
My God... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?
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.
It doesn't matter if you get 3,000 hits in 18 years or you get 3,000 hits in 22 years. You still have to reach that milestone. You still have to hit 500 home runs, and it's like a pitcher doing it. If you get 300 wins in 19 years and a guy gets 300 wins after 24 years, he's still doing something right.
It couldn't happen any better, ... This is a Hollywood script. It's so good for baseball. It's great for the rivalry between New York and Boston. And there might be baseball Monday, you never know.
Those are three dominant pitchers in their era who really revolutionized the game,
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?
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.
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.