Adam LaRoche - your thoughts?...

[dawgstudent]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/p...s-family-first-in-walking-away-from-white-sox

It's awesome he loves his son and the locker room is different from a normal work environment. But...a locker room is different from a normal work environment. I can only imagine there was some things where the players had to cut back on things they said or did because of a child being present. And what other job would allow you to bring your son to your office every day.

 

[aTotal360]

I think if he would have batted .285 and hit 30 hrs last year, this wouldn't even be a topic. But I have to side with the management. I wouldn't want someone kid around me 24/7. It's awkward. I bet players bitched about it and facilitated all of this.

 

[57stratdawg]

Pretty ballsy to walk away from $13Million. I guess they live in a different world though. I'm sure someone else will pick him up and be happy to let his son hang around.

 

[The Peeper]

I think the White Sox are at fault for letting it go as far as it did. His own locker? Be real. They had to draw the line before another player, then another etc started wanting the same thing or some other odd "privilege". And I think LaRoche overreacted by taking his toys and going home. The team was actually trying to compromise, which I think was still excessive.

 

[kired]

I can't bring my kids to work every day... so I don't see any problem with the White Sox.

It's great for him that he's at a point in his life financially where he can make this kind of decision, and it's great that he wants to be this involved in his son's life. But it sounds like if he wants his kid to come to work with him every day, he needs to start his own business.

 

[thekimmer]

I didn't think the white sox request was unreasonable looking at where this could end up if everybody wanted the same privilege. The decision that laroche made was certainly his to make but it seemed a bit extreme to me under the circumstances. Where the white sox messed up was not considering this and establishing limits in the first place.

 

[patdog]

And what other job would allow you to bring your son to your office every day.

Head basketball coach at Mississippi State 1998-2012? Seriously, like others have said, it's ridiculous for a player to bring his son to the ballpark every damn day. I could see once or maybe even twice a week. But I'm with the White Sox on this.

 

[dawgstudent]

Did Stansbury bring his kids to every practice?

 

[patdog]

I may have exaggerated a little for comedic effect.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Funniest thing ever was when one if the Stansbury kids was whispering something in Dee Bost's ear on the bench during a game.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqZx9gY2m48

 

[llmsudawg]

I believe Adam had some type of wording in his contract or something on paper about his son being allowed in the clubhouse, that the club approved prior to him signing. BUT, once or twice a week is enough, even if it is just spring training. I can agree with both sides in this.

 

[Shamoan]

although it might get awkward, there can be too much of a child's presence in a locker room, but as a dad, i would probably want to be around my children as much as possible, especially one that take an interest in my profession. i think its fine that the sox asked him to reduce visits and its fine that he stood up for his kid. this is a no-fault issue and had i been on either side of it, i could see myself in either shoes and coming to the same conclusion. the ownership/management should have the clubhouse they want how they want and a dad has every right to be near his kid.

 

[patdog]

Sorry, but you just can't have 25 guys bringing their kids into the locker room every day. It would be chaos. I know you love your kid and want to be around him, and it's fine to bring him occasionally. But there's 24 other players in that locker room, plus coaches, trainers, etc. who don't love your kid that much and he's a distraction to them doing their job. Bring your kid to your office every day and see how long that lasts before you're told to leave him at home.

 

[seshomoru]

He hit .207 last year. Didn't know LaRoche was still even allowed in an MLB locker room.

 

[Original48]

I'm sure someone else will pick him up and be happy to let his son hang around.

I disagree. In fact, my bet is every team in the league is now hastily drawing up paperwork structured around limitations on family in the workplace.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

completely on the white sox side. not only is it absurd to bring your kid to work every day, but now he's taught his kid that if you and your boss makes you do something that you don't like then you should just quit. go to 17ing work without your kid like everyone else on america does you 17stick