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It might be getting too late in the season for AVaughn to make the adjustments necessary to hit the better RH pitchers consistently. I'm not suggesting Vaughn hasn't or can't hit RH pitching, but maybe there are better alternatives at this point like Sheets against RH pitching. The way the entire team is hitting lately, it may not matter how Vaughn is deployed. There are a few guys who are in hitting slumps right now and other than Abreu and Grandal to some extent, no one is getting the clutch hit we need to stay in some of these close games.

Vaughn came up empty 0 for 5 and twice with bases loaded. I think he is starting to press and may need a few days off. Maybe L/R platoon at DH with Sheets the rest of the way.

You seem to have some pent up anger. When is the last time you got ..... oh never mind..

Vaughn:

Leury starting to look better than Caesar.

Sheets/Vaughn Lefty/Righty platoon at DH.

What are the current mlb rules concerning eligibility for the playoff roster?

Vaughn gets a late jump and just gives up on the blooper. He sucks in the outfield because he is short and slow. He has to be DH in the playoffs.

Section 159 has individual seats and several people who buy season tickets. Bleachers should be split in two by another aisle and stairs for security, vending, and convenience. That might also alleviate some unnecessary interaction between fans. The bleachers are just too long, in my opinion. It isn't the entire answer to fighting but it would help and have other usefulness Perhaps the Cubs and Sox should consider assigning certain bleacher sections to the visiting team's fans. That could help to separate fans, but I suppose it could also start a riot. OK forget that..

Or just listen to Liam Hendriks and several other players who make liberal use of the F bomb during games.

My seats are in sect 159 next to the bleachers. I haven't seen a fight every game like the above poster has, but I have seen a couple. More security can help to solve this coupled with clearly posted rules and an announcement before every game that throwing items on the field or fighting could result in a life-time ban from the stadium. (Maybe they already do that and I have been oblivious to it). At the end of the day, excessive drinking is the problem. Obviously is much harder to prevent over serving fans in a ball park than it is at a restaurant or tavern and then dealing with fights in the middle of a very long bleacher.

I never thought of the Hahn/Hoyer trade in those terms but now that you mention Turner as having been a possible alternative out there, I am steaming mad to think about it. Trea Turner would have been a game changer. Sox should have Drafted Turner, as I wanted them to do.

Eloy has been taking pitches well since he has returned from the DL. Tonight he was first pitch fastball hunting probably based on a scouting report. Whatever the Sox were expecting, from Mills, it did not work out well...for several guys. Six of nine guys in our line-up had no hits. including TA, Grandal, Goodwin, Vaughn and Zavala So don't single out Eloy the Cub Killer. He will be back to punish the Cubs. and Cub fans..maybe in a few hours from now. Eloy had two very good plays in the outfield including a ball hit to left center that some left fielders would not have tracked down. As Benetti stated after that catch, Eloy is among the faster outfielders in the league and he showed it on that play. Tomorrow Cease needs to pitch Wisdom a bit differently than he has been pitched in the last two games. Respect his power and pitch inside away from his barrel. If he walks OK but I don't think he will. I think he is probably a little swing happy now, maybe like the Sox were tonight. or maybe Wisdom gets hit unintentionally and the Cubs start a fight. That might not be the worst thing, provided it is a typical baseball fight where no punches get thrown. It might also give the Sox and Cub fans at the game something interesting to do.

Still three down but it feels a lot better than 6 down.

Be patient Yoan.

Eloy sees blue blood in the water.

Look up Quentin's stats .

ReyLo just has to throw hard and throw strikes. Get this thing over with one way or another.

What is Vaughn like 23 years old. He's not going to get any faster. I thought he profiled like Carlos Quentin in terms of his upside but maybe not.

Left fielder could have gunned him down.

Vaughn is slow as shit. He was out.

This board has been more critical of ReyLo over the past 3 years than any other pitcher. Now he is the least bad of the alternatives. Fvk Keuchel. send him back to Houston,...which is where he wants to be. His head isn't into it here, and its obvious.

Sox fans won't forget this start by Keuchel. He doesn't even look like he is in to it.

take on 3-0

Practice what you preach bud.