I used to go to the games way before first pitch and hang out where the Sox or the visiting team arrives. No Sox player stood out except Thomas and Maggs would occasionally stop their cars for us. They always had the coolest cars. It made it more fun that they didn't always stop for the thrill of it. Guys like Marte, Garland, Biddle, Olivo, Sandy Alomar, Wunsch, Koch and Willie Harris would consistently stop and talk and sign. Believe it or not Graffanino always came off as a dick. BTW I was at the park when Borchard came up. His parents' license plate read HR4JOE.
My favorite non-Sox moment from these times was getting Barry Bonds' autograph (the rumor was he would only sign the first time he was ever at a park and it held up) outside the park and then going to all 3 Giants games where he hit a bomb in every game as well as getting Edgar Martinez to stop and Ivan Rodriguez the same, two guys notoriously difficult to receive autographs from.