Editing Mo Vaughn (section)

====Last season with the Sox====
[[File:Mo Vaughn Boston (cropped).jpg|thumb|Vaughn playing first base with the [[Boston Red Sox]] in 1998]]
Though Vaughn's powerful personality and extensive charity work made him a popular figure in Boston, he had many issues with the Red Sox management and local media; his disagreements with ''[[Boston Globe]]'' sports columnist [[Will McDonough]] and Red Sox [[general manager]] [[Dan Duquette]] were particularly acute. As an outspoken clubhouse leader, Vaughn repeatedly stated that the concerned Sox administration did not want him around. Incidents in which he allegedly punched a man in the mouth outside of a nightclub and crashed his truck while returning home from a strip club in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]] led to further rifts with the administration.

Vaughn hit a [[Walk-off home run|walk-off]] [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] in the ninth inning of [[Opening Day]] at [[Fenway Park]] against the [[Seattle Mariners]] in 1998. Vaughn was one half of a formidable middle of the lineup with shortstop [[Nomar Garciaparra]]. The two combined for 75 home runs in 1998, Vaughn's final year with the club. After the Cleveland Indians knocked Boston out of the playoffs in the first round, Vaughn became a [[free agent]]. Almost immediately, he signed a six-year, $80-million deal with the [[Anaheim Angels]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1718415 |title=Risk of further injury is too high|access-date=2008-11-08 |work=[[ESPN.com]] |date=January 25, 2004}}</ref> the highest contract in the game at that time.