And with this item, culled from Red Sox Monster, we can officially dub Big Mo, Homo Universalis.
Mo Vaughn will headline the Red Sox Hall of Fame class of 2008, which also includes Man of the People Mike Greenwell, wildman Bill Lee, and several other players who put their mark on Red Sox history earlier in the 20th century.
This also gives me a chance to bring up some little known Mo Vaughn trivia: the man was a nerd for late 1970s/early 1980s sci-fi television.
How do I know this? How about the fact that he oversaw the restoration of a “spacecraft” from the terrifically cheesy TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century?
From fxmodels.com (whatever that is) via Bostonist, which brought this up in 2006:
As part of a program initiated by Boston Red Sox player Mo Vaughn and in conjunction with Universal Studios, Florida, we refurbished one of Television’s most detailed and interesting spacecraft miniatures: the Draconia (above) from the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century series. Draconia was in VERY bad shape on arrival but much work was done as some of these photos show. There was much damage and a long way to go…
Mo Vaughn will headline the Red Sox Hall of Fame class of 2008, which also includes Man of the People Mike Greenwell,
i can only hope they re-create their famed dust-up in the batting cage when vaughn figuratively, if not literally, wrested control of the boston team from greenwell. gator was gone in a year i think.
Mo’s membership in the Erin Grey fan club is also paid in full, but he’s managed to keep that fairly quiet as was his Win Dinner with Mo and Gil Gerard Contest. No word on whether a young Matt Damon ever claimed his prize.