Boggs' home run ball still unites player with area native Hogan

Twenty-three years later, Mike Hogan admits he has had second thoughts about his decision to give back Wade Boggs' 3,000th hit ball over the years. The money could have made a difference for a young husband starting a family. When he attended that game between Tampa Bay and Cleveland, Hogan had just moved to the Tampa Bay area after being hired as assistant director of athletic communications at the University of South Florida following three years as Siena’s director of sports information.