Last night, the Boston Red Sox honored Wade Boggs by retiring his jersey number 26.
Boggs became the ninth player in Red Sox history to have his number retired, joining Bobby Doerr, Joe Cronin, Johnny Pesky, Carl Yastrzemski, Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, and Pedro Martinez on Fenway’s right field facade.
As he stood before the crowd at Fenway Park, Boggs, who spent eleven out of his eighteen year career with the Red Sox, got emotional as he reflected on his time in Boston.
“This is the greatest day of my life,’’ he said.