Let’s look at the years 1981 to 1996. The 1981 Dodgers are the oldest team not to have a Hall of Fame player on their roster, while the 1996 Yankees are the most recent team to have an inductee. (An aging Wade Boggs played for the 1996 champions). In...

Boggs was signed only because the Yanks screwed the pooch and let Hayes go in the expansion draft, and actually made moves to try to get him back after realizing their misstake.

Thank you for correcting me, I mis-remembered that one. I guess the Mel Hall HR was one of the only bright spots in ’91. Still loved the vibe in ’93 where we finally climbe dout of the darkness. Key was a huge part of that, along with Boggs and...

There are dozens of small stories in Bottom of the 33rd about players and wives, the men in the freezing cold press box, the almost two dozen fans who stayed to the bitter end of the game, and even the daughter of Wade Boggs, who went to sleep under my...

Alex showed it to him. Greenwell took it and returned it an inning later, autographed by the entire Red Sox team. That converted young Alex to Red Sox Nation right on the spot. Autographs include the likes of Hall of Famers Wade Boggs and Jim Rice, and...

Tamburro will join Ben Mondor, the late owner of the PawSox, Joe Morgan, the former PawSox manager, Jim Rice, the former PawSox outfielder who is the last player to win the IL Triple Crown (in 1974), and Wade Boggs, the former PawSox third baseman who...