WHACK BACK AT VAC

Richard Ievoli: After that traumatic weekend up in Boston, I DFA’d myself to a Charlotte Stone Crabs (Single-A) game. Result: $4 parking, $11 front row behind home plate, young players with big dreams and everybody hustles. Kid-friendly 6:35 start, over before 9:00. I think I may be onto something here. Vac: Every baseball fan really should invest one day each summer, at least, to watch a minorleaguegameand remember the finer points of why you fell in love in the first place. Michael Hogue: If you can, try to imagine the following. Another season of Todd Frazier, Jay

Bruce, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, Devin Mesoraco and Jose Bautista ...

Vac: I would add “Austin Jackson” to that list, though since making a similar point on Twitter he’s been hitting like TonyGwynn.

@CTGabe: Age is not Eli’s problem, the fact that he has mostly been mediocre his entire career is the problem. Will he be better? Of course, too much talent around him not to be, but he hasn’t been good in a long time. It’s unrealistic to expect

him to be a top-15 QB again.

@MikeVacc: After watching Davis Webb’s adventures Thursday, one thing is abundantly clear: the most important stat of Eli’s year this year will be “games played,” and for the Giants it better be his standard-issue “16.” Mark Rottenstein: Your column [last Sunday] was: Vac: