Wade Boggs went to bat and defended himself over comments made by former Boston Red Sox teammate Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

Boyd, who has been promoting his autobiography due out in June, accused Boggs of being a bigot and using the "n-word" every day.

OIL CAN BOYD: Calls Boggs a bigot

Boggs, who was very emotional during the interview, vehemently objected Boyd's accusation.

"Absolutely, positively, 100 million%, I am not a racist, I am not a bigot," Boggs said on WEEI's Dennis & Callahan's radio show. "You have a delusional drug addict who let not only his family down, but his team, the city of Boston, Red Sox Nation when it counted most. Now he wants the good people of Boston to go out and spend money on this garbage to support his habit. I find that extremely amusing."

His wife Debbie and father, who Boyd said was the source of the racism, joined the conversation to defend Boggs.

"I have never heard either one of them use the word that starts with an 'N' in public or even in private," said Debbie Boggs. "They never used that word. We have relatives that are African American in our immediate family. They are so hurt."

Boyd, 52, were teammeates for eight seasons (1982 to 1989).

Last week, Boyd acknowledged during a radio interview he smoked marijuana every day and being high while talking to the hosts.