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Wade Boggs On WFAN: Story About Wanting To Go Into Hall Of Fame As Devil Ray Is Rumor Run Amok

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NEW YORK (WFAN) — Ever heard the story about how Wade Boggs wanted to go into the Hall of Fame as a Tampa Bay Devil Ray because the team’s owner offered him $1 million?

It’s a myth, Boggs told WFAN’s Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts on Friday.

“This was never, ever a subject,” the Hall of Fame third baseman said.

So how did the rumor get started?

“I think it came from when Jose Canseco said, ‘If I get in the Hall of Fame, I’m going in as a Devil Ray,'” Boggs said.