Wade Boggs stood at the hot corner during pregame introductions, tipping his hat to the adoring crowd at Yankee stadium. Thanks to the folks at medical hair restoration, his newfound luscious locks waving in the New York City wind.
    Call me the bitter Red Sox fan, still scarred by the site of that man riding a horse through Yankee Stadium after the clinching game of the 1996 world series. But what I saw tonight was a coward, afraid of getting booed.
    Boggs was inducted to the Hall of Fame as a member of the Boston Red Sox. That is the hat he wears on his Cooperstown plaque. He could have done as Gary Carter did. Gary wore his Expos hat and waved his Mets hat to the crowd. Or better yet. Dave Winfield wore his San Diego Padres hat and waved his Yankees hat to the fans.
    Hell, Boggs could've done something great for the game of baseball and waved his now outdated Tampa Bay Devil Rays hat to the crowd, seeing how he is the only member of the Hall of Fame to have played there.
    Does anyone remember that? Boggs was a pioneer member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in1998 and 1999. In fact, he hit the first home run in the franchises history. He batted second in one of the most historic lineups in baseball history.
    You might say murderer's row of the 1927 Yankees or maybe the 1997 Cleveland Indians were the best lineups ever. And you would be correct.
    But Boggs combined with players such as Jose Canseco, Greg Vaughn, Fred McGriff and Vinnie Castillo, in a line up dubbed "the hit parade", that featured more career home runs then any other line up ever assembled.
    Were they as productive that late in their career's? No. But history is what it is.
    Wade was put in a unique position tonight. Promote the upstart Rays or pour some gasoline on the fire that is the Red Sox and Yankees rivalry.
    Instead he took the cowards way out and chose simply to appease the hometown crowd. What else would you expect from a man who's afraid to be bald.

Cool Fact- Since the 1940's there have been 3 players to record at least 5 straight 200 hit seasons. All 3 were on the field tonight. The 2 playing were Ichiro Suzuki and Michael Young. The other? The aforementioned coward Wade Boggs.