Wade Boggs is coming back home to the organization that he started his career with.
The Boston Red Sox announced earlier this week that they plan to retire Boggs’ No. 26 during a ceremony at Fenway Park next May. The following day the Hall of Fame third baseman joined the OM&F show on WEEI radio to discuss what an honor it was to receive the call from Red Sox president Sam Kennedy and chairman Tom Werner.
“I couldn’t say thank you enough,” said Boggs. “It was something that the eyes filled up with tears and just thinking back to my induction to the Hall of Fame that my dad would have really liked to look up there and see my number next to Ted [Williams].