Baseball news in December...wow !

Well, a disappointment for anyone hoping for a coaching change. I like it for reasons of nostalgia- he's been a coach on this team since even before I started coming to games late last century. As you get older it's comforting to see some things stay the same amid a bunch of changes (50's diners, even though I wasn't alive then + can't drink milkshakes anymore). He's been very kind and helpful anytime I've had questions and has done a good job with developing pitchers. There have been some guys over the years who've gone far despite not having great stuff.

I'm more convinced than I was a couple years ago that a coaching change would not result in a big change to the win- loss record. We only have 2 past coaches to compare him to. Phil Swimley had winning seasons, but we'll likely never know what he would have done in D1. We remember the 2008 post- season team, but Rex Peters only had 3 winning seasons (2 of them in D2). It's a matter of recognizing the talents of the players and knowing how best to employ them.

So I say congratulations to Coach Vaughn. May you get more than 10 conference wins in 2018 so I look smart and the UCD doubters have to eat some crow !