Wade Boggs played a deputy in a SyFy horror movie:

Boggs, a native of Omaha, Neb., told the entertainment web site thewrap.com that baseball was useful in the role. “Basically, you just try to figure out what a Louisiana sheriff’s deputy would act like. So, you know, I just thought about all my conversations with (former Yankees pitcher) Ron Guidry and his being from Louisiana, and I tried to think how he would say the lines.”