ANAHEIM, Calif. — Andrew Vaughn, the Chicago White Sox outfielder, grew up in Santa Rosa, the Northern California town best known for its wineries and as the home of the cartoonist Charles M. Schulz. Vaughn said his father knew Schulz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, a little and spent a lot of time at Snoopy’s Home Ice, an ice rink in town.
As for himself, Vaughn said, he bypassed the rink because he did not trust the blades.
“I didn’t want to lose my fingers,” Vaughn said.
As the White Sox continue slipping and sliding through a disappointing summer, what has become readily apparent is that a team ravaged by injuries is leaning harder than ever on the good hands and unexpected production of guys like Vaughn.