The “Hit Dog” is back and is ready to swing away. Former Boston Red Sox first baseman Mo Vaughn launched a podcast on Thursday in conjunction with Perfect Game: “ MVP: The Mo Vaughn Podcast .”

According to Awful Announcing, it will be a weekly show that pairs Vaughn with ESPN Radio’s Brendan Tobin .

So why is Vaughn finally dipping his toe in sports media waters?

“There’s not a lot of guys that get a chance to end their career the way they want to,” Vaughn explained, per Awful Announcing’s Sam Neumann . “They don’t get a chance to express what they want — a lot of things are written.

“Not everybody’s going to be Derek Jeter or Cal Ripken, Jr., or George Brett or some of these guys that were able to stay in the same uniform, and produce, and win a World Series, and go out on th

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