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The biggest baseball star to finish his career in Cleveland just might be Mo Vaughn. He is hoping fans remember his outsize persona and a couple of monstrous home runs he launched during his time in Flushing.In 2002, he blasted a game-winning three-run home run off David Wells on June 16 to give the Mets a 3-2 win over the Yankees, and followed that up on June 26 by hitting arguably the longest home run ever at Shea Stadium, a towering shot estimated at 505 feet that careened off the Budweiser sign halfway up the scoreboard.“Those are my two greatest memories in New York,” Vaughn said. Millennial job mobility set to decline because of the pandemicAnalysis: Thousands of COVID-19 'heroes' are about to get a pay cutThree hours longer, the pandemic workday has obliterated work-life balance Sponsored Content: No health care fairytale: Lower costs, higher quality And I think the main thing is, you know, what I’ve learned is, through all that, is ultimately, my name only gets you in the door. But you’ve got to execute the process,” he said. He said he feels he can affect more people as an entrepreneur and that feels far more powerful to him.“I always knew that baseball was not going to be the end-all for me,” Vaughn said. Along with housing, Omni works with community groups to provide programs for school kids, adult learning opportunities, career training and other services meant to revitalize targeted neighborhoods. ‘The Hit Dog’ spent the best part of his career, nearly a decade, with the Boston Red Sox. After starting with one leased truck in 2010, the company has grown to own 22 vehicles, while still leasing another 15 and contracting with five owner/operators, Mr. Vaughn said. Whenever he has found a new customer willing to sign up for a new route, Mr. Vaughn has stepped up to the plate with the financial wherewithal to accommodate the growth. Find contact and company information for business people in our free business information database. The business is both profitable and bankable now, Mr. Vaughn said, so he plans to double the size of his fleet by the end of this year. “However, I have been fortunate to make my name in New York as a businessman, and that’s just as fulfilling.”Yes, while keeping a decidedly low profile in the 13 years since he left baseball, the 48-year-old Vaughn has found a niche in business across a variety of platforms. The New York media ripped him for arriving overweight in 2002, and it showed in the field — he made 18 errors at first base — and at the plate (.259, 26 homers). March 27, 2018 - 5:47 pm When texting this station, message & data rates apply. Competitive pricing, service and consistent on-time deliveries are critical to attracting and keeping customers, but new trucks help, too, Mr. Cuccia said. … I gave my life to baseball, and it’s time to give someone else a chance and keep evolving as a man.” So I looked at myself and I said, ‘Let me go get my partner, who has been in the business for 25 years, you know, Diane Bennett, and take my idea to someone that knows.’ And I knew as a customer what’s missing,” Vaughn said. DAN SHINGLER Former Major League Baseball star Mo Vaughn made his name in Boston, but owns a trucking company in Solon. “That’s what I try to do.”Vaughn said lending his name to the brand makes a difference, but is not enough unto itself to make MVP Collections a success.“Diane and I, we have leveraged Mo Vaughn to get the meetings that we need to get.

Mr. Vaughn partnered with a trucking industry veteran, Mark Cuccia, who had been both a salesman and traffic manager for other trucking companies, including one of his own, dating back to 1979.