Friends of mine said later that they had been riveted by a postgame television close-up of Wade Boggs, sitting alone in the dugout with tears streaming down his face …. I suppose we should all try to find something better or worse to shed tears for than a game, no matter how hard it has been played, but perhaps it is not such a bad thing to see that men can cry at all.

The Roger Angell Baseball Collection: The Summer Game, Five Seasons, and Season Ticket (ed. Open Road Media, 2013) - ISBN: 9781480465619