Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

Despite his reputation as a singles hitter with limited power he is one of only two players whose 3000th hit was a home run and was the only one until Derek Jeter hit his on July 9 2011. She argued that Boggs had verbally agreed to compensate her for lost income and services performed while accompanying Boggs on road trips. Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15 1958) is an American former professional baseball third baseman.

With 12 straight All-Star appearances Boggs is third only to Brooks Robinson and George Brett in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a perennial contender for American League batting titles. He spent his 18-year baseball career primarily with the Boston Red Sox but also played for the New York Yankees with whom he won his only World Series and Tampa Bay Devil Rays with whom he recorded his 3000th hit.