May 30, 1997 ... Mo Vaughn had perhaps his best day ever in a Red Sox uniform against the Yankees at Fenway Park in this game. In five plate appearances, he was perfect. He singled off the wall, homered into the Red Sox bullpen, homered to left-center, walked, and homered into the Red Sox bullpen again, as the Sox beat the Yankees 10 to 4.
After Mo's third home run of the game, it was expected that the Fenway fans would give the Sox first baseman a curtain call and they did. Who could doubt him after he hit everything in sight? It wasn't just the fans who appreciated what they saw here, it was his teammates.
The official distance of his home runs was 392 feet, 447 feet, and 410 feet. Total: 1,249 feet, or 71 feet shy of a quarter-mile.
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