MLB Star Adam LaRoche Retires over his kid being in the clubhouse too much...loses 13 Million

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LaRoche statement:



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Spoiler: Adam LaRoche statement

Given the suddenness of my departure and the stir it has caused in both the media and the clubhouse, I feel it’s necessary to provide my perspective.

Over the last five years, with both the Nationals and the White Sox, I have been given the opportunity to have my son with me in the clubhouse. It is a privilege I have greatly valued. I have never taken it for granted, and I feel an enormous amount of gratitude toward both of those organizations.

Though I clearly indicated to both teams the importance of having my son with me, I also made clear that if there was ever a moment when a teammate, coach or manager was made to feel uncomfortable, then I would immediately address it. I realize that this is their office and their career, and it would not be fair to the team if anybody in the clubhouse was unhappy with the situation. Fortunately, that problem never developed. I’m not going to speak about my son Drake’s behavior, his manners, and the quality of person that he is, because everyone knows that I am biased. All of the statements from my teammates, past and present, should say enough. Those comments from all of the people who have interacted with Drake are a testimony to how he carries himself.

Prior to signing with the White Sox, my first question to the club concerned my son’s ability to be a part of the team. After some due diligence on the club’s part, we reached an agreement. The 2015 season presented no problems as far as Drake was concerned. (My bat and our record are another story!)

With all of this in mind, we move toward the current situation which arose after White Sox VP Ken Williams recently advised me to significantly scale back the time that my son spent in the clubhouse. Later, I was told not to bring him to the ballpark at all. Obviously, I expressed my displeasure toward this decision to alter the agreement we had reached before I signed with the White Sox. Upon doing so, I had to make a decision. Do I choose my teammates and my career? Or do I choose my family? The decision was easy, but in no way was it a reflection of how I feel about my teammates, manager, general manager or the club’s owner Jerry Reinsdorf.

The White Sox organization is full of people with strong values and solid character. My decision to walk away was simply the result of a fundamental disagreement between myself and Ken Williams.

I understand that many people will not understand my decision. I respect that, and all I ask is for that same level of respect in return. I live by certain values that are rooted in my faith, and I am grateful to my parents for that. I have tried to set a good example on and off the field and live a life that represents these values. As fathers, we have an opportunity to help mold our kids into men and women of character, with morals and values that can’t be shaken by the world around them. Of one thing I am certain: we will regret NOT spending enough time with our kids, not the other way around.

At every level of my career, the game of baseball has reinforced the importance of family to me. Being at my father’s side when he coached. Playing alongside my brothers as a kid and as an adult in the big leagues.

Likewise, it has been great to have my son by my side to share in this experience as I played.

In each and every instance, baseball has given me some of my life’s greatest memories. This was likely to be the last year of my career, and there’s no way I was going to spend it without my son.

Baseball has taught me countless life lessons. I’ve learned how to face challenges, how to overcome failure, how to maintain humility, and most importantly, to trust that the Lord is in control and that I was put here to do more than play the game of baseball. We are called to live life with an unwavering love for God and love for each other. These are lessons I try to teach my kids every day. I truly am blessed to have been granted each of those experiences.

Thank you to all of my previous managers, past teammates and friends across the league for making these past 12 years such a wonderful journey, and for providing me with memories that I will never forget--especially the ones with my son by my side.

I will leave you with the same advice that I left my teammates. In life, we’re all faced with difficult decisions and will have a choice to make. Do we act based on the consequences, or do we act on what we know and believe in our hearts to be right? I choose the latter.

- Adam
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makes him look weirder

 

[Ronnie Lott]

makes him look weirder

People always using "faith and family values" to justify their bullshyt behavior and decisions

You gotta be a real entitled and selfish son of a bytch to demand that your child better be with you everyday with you at work or else you're quitting

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Truth will come out, the players that wanted the kid are gonna get named sooner or later

 

[pete clemenza]

I guaruntee there were players on the sox that snitched to kenny williams and those fukking cowards are keeping quiet and throwing kenny under the bus.

Exactly.. they probably thought that LaRoach was gonna be cool about it, accept the terms, and focus on baseball. They didn't know it was going to spiral into this. Now they have to save face and front like they're "all about the kids"

 

[Slic Ric]

Yea this story is annoying me as the GM is getting all this heat for no reason. Sale is being a massive bytch too, saw him have a meltdown earlier

 

[Brozay]

This story needs to die and go away

 

[Maschine_Man]

he needs to STFU and disappear. no one is clammoring for his .200 average and 8 figure salary :bushess:

His stats and salary are irrelevant here though

 

[Maschine_Man]

Sure some of this is white privilege, but really it's more rich privilege than anything else. This fakkit Laroche was basically just like his own son as a kid. A rich little fakkit that had the fortune of forgoing the mundane reality most humans go through. School, work, parameters, etc.

This story just sounds like someone that truly has no idea about how the world really works and acted like a fukking baby 'cause they didn't get their way.

He got his own way for the last 4 years though, and now something happened.
don't think we will ever know that full truth.

But I don't see this as whites privilege either.

 

[dizzy4111]

I wouldn't call the players that complained to Williams cowards. You have to figure that at the end of the day they don't want to hurt this kid's feelings more than anything. They can't have their names out there as wanting him around less.

 

[David_TheMan]

Some of you are so brainwashed that you have confused the purpose of a job.
At a certain level when you have financial security you work because you want to, not because you have to.
He doesn't have to work and he has the funds to take care of himself and his wife for the rest of their life.
If he doesn't like his work environment, good on him for leaving and dipping out, no need to be in a place he doesn't want to be.
I dont know how any man can not 100% respect that.

As for the organization , it is their right and I support them as well.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

I'll say again, fukk him and his son. This bullshyt got the whole team starting beef with each other and the GM over a fukking kid.

players showing NO respect for the GM on some shyt and I'm sure quite a few of them simply don't want a damn kid in the clubhouse every fukking day.

How hard is it to stick to clubhouse rules? When the Yankess tell players no facial hair, they abide, no question because who wants to put up with little bullshyt distractions.

Either way, the white sox need to keep it moving and of i was a prospect down there at their spring training I would be happy ass fukk and balling my ass off because it could mean a slot on the team or even jumping aboard as a backup first basemen until it becomes a full time gig.

 

[NERO]

I am conflicted on this. If you got a good dad then there is nothing better than being around him from like age 6 to age 13 or so, around the time you discover women. My old man took me to his shop but he put me to work and he only had one or two employees at a time when business was good. Since he was signing the checks, no one was saying shyt but you can tell even at that age when you are being a distraction. I am glad he took me to work because now he's gone so those are good memories for me. On the other hand most sons bury their fathers in middle age and can have that quality time later on so even though they might not see much of them growing up, it is made up in a way in their young adult years as pops gets older. It all depends on the situation. If pops works in a steel mill then hell no you shouldn't be there. If pops in a police officer then hell no you shouldn't be there. If pops owns his own business or has plenty of downtime at his work and management s cool with it then I see no problem. La Roche is out of line here but I can see why he does it and I can also see why management was like "No more".

 

[The War Report]

Hopefully Sale asks to be traded.

 

[Brozay]

Hopefully Sale asks to be traded.

 

[beenz]

His stats and salary are irrelevant here though

they certainly are not. if he hits .280 with 30 HR's last year, then you best believe that kid gets to stay in the locker room.