BOSTON (AP) – The ‘chicken man’ has lost a little of the shimmer from his trademark mustache over the years, but every pilgrimage Wade Boggs makes to Fenway Park still feels like old times for the Red Sox legend.
“I’ve come back home,” Boggs said.
On Thursday night Boggs added to his cache of memories when the Red Sox retired his No. 26.
“Today is the final piece of my baseball puzzle,” he said during the pregame ceremony.
Boggs became the 10th former player to have his number affixed to Fenway’s right field facade. He joined Bobby Doerr, Joe Cronin, Johnny Pesky, Carl Yastrzemski, Ted Williams, Jim Rice, Carlton Fisk, Pedro Martinez and Jackie Robinson, whose No. 42 is retired throughout baseball.