Chicago White Sox Star Walks Away from $13M Contract After Team Tells Him to Stop Bringing His Son to Work

His son was probably annoying as SHIT! I hate when folks don’t know how to tell their kids to sit the fukk down and get out of folks face!

Nope

Child experts say the bond between a father and his son plays a crucial role in the healthy development of a boy’s self awareness and identity

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That’s all well n shyt but that 13 mil would have provided a great lifestyle. Leave the boy at home. Most ppl can’t bring they kids to work anyway #entitlement #wtf #leavethekidathomeandgotowork

Would you quit your job if your employer told you to limit the time you spend with your children?
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Incendiary!!
They didn’t say spend less time with your child. They said limit the amount of time he is in the club house and at practice. He had a locker in the clubhouse, that is a bit much. The team had to alter themselves daily based on a child being around.
I do admire and adore the choice he made as a father. Family First! He can afford it!

True. It is noble what he did, but he is creating entitlement in his son at an early age. Go sit down!

Everyday AND on the road….thats’ a bit excessive

bringing his son to work every day
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EVERYDAY tho’? When did he go to school?

good, this would have been his 12th or 13th season

13 mill ain’t nothing compared to all the money that’s about to come his was from this story.

That’s common… Ha.

I need you to watch your son.”

ditto! There has to be a level of professionalism. If they tolerated this for this long and simply asked him to tone it down, there is nothing unreasonable about that request. His son obviously made it hard to do they job that they are being over paid to do. I can only imagine how annoying this kid has to be, to have to be forced upon other adults and its not even their child. This kid is going to grow up with same and guilt when he realizes what he cost his father. Why not let him hang out at games like other peoples kids.

White Sox Executive Vice President Ken Williams insisted to Fox Sports he had only asked LaRoche to “dial it back” when it came to bringing his son Drake to practice and into the clubhouse.
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I’m just curious as to what the boy was doing while dad was practicing. He had his own locker, met with players, went on the road with dad for years, etc…what the hell was he doing? Was he being helpful with the team, or was he being a Dennis the Menace type kid and annoying the players after a while, and that’s what caused the issues?

I just find it odd, but hey…whatever.

Shouldn’t he be in school somewhere? Ugh.

I think this is absolutely beautiful, a man very involved in his child’s life. A child that obviously looks up to his dad, and enjoys spending time with him. There is a valuable lesson here that money is not everything, this man is aware of his blessings ,and has acknowledged he has received more than deserved. His son has a exceptional man as a dad, and a great role model. He walked away from 13 million because obviously he could afford to, and in this day and age that’s pretty much unheard of . His priorities are well in tact.

Is the son dying or something? Why isn’t he in school? This is white folks problems! Y’all negros better keep y’all bad azz kids in daycare!

Exactly.

I understand both sides–Athletes DO spend A LOT of time away from their families & kids, so I TOTALLY get that he wants to spend time with Young Drakie-Drake…BUT EVERYDAY, IS A DAMN LOT. The White Sox could have AVOIDED this WHOLE issue by NEVER allowing it from the jump or telling him in the beginning it would be on a LIMITED BASIS (quite for sure other players either wanted to do it too or started complaining–THUS AN ISSUE)..Clubhouses usually have family areas, so that SHOULD BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. LET US ALSO NOT FORGET HE’S A DH, SO IT’S PROBABLY SAFE TO SAY HE WAS/IS AT THE TAIL END OF HIS CAREER, ANYWAY…EVERYDAY FOLKS CAN’T BRING THEIRS, BUT HERE WE GO WITH THE SELF-ENTITLEMENT–I CUSS WAAAAAY MORE THAN I SHOULD & I DON’T THINK I WOULD CARE FOR HAVING TO “CENSOR” MYSELF BECAUSE HE’S CHOOSING TO PLAY DADDY CARE, LOL!

There is a time to work and a time to spend with family. He should have known how to separate the two. 99% of us cannot bring our children to work everyday. I can understand bringing him sometime, and allowing him to travel with the team a few times per season. But, everyday. Nope.

“He walked away from 13 million because obviously he could afford to”
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That’s the key…he could afford to. There are MANY mothers and fathers who would love to be very involved in their childrens’ lives and spend many hours with their child but can’t because they have to work to provide for said children. A lot of these parents work hard to make a living AND still find quality time to spend with their children.

That was my point ! That association allowed it for such a long time, with that being said I think anyone would have felt some kind of way if now all of a sudden this must cease. They should have never went along with it.

LaRoche stated, ‘We’re not big on school. I told my wife, ‘He’s going to learn a lot more useful information in the clubhouse
than he will in the classroom, as far as life lessons.’

I doubt they changed their behavior that much. I think the boy is getting older and just got annoying he probably pipes in on conversations and everything. If he grew up in the club house and now entering puberty he likely considers the players his “friends” instead of daddy’s team mates.

RIGHT…JUST SIT & WATCH THEM ACT A DAMN FOOL & LOOK AT YOU, AS IF YOU ARE IN THE WRONG FOR LOOKING–JUST WENT THROUGH THIS WITH MY COUSIN (WATCHING HER NEPHEW & HER OWN TWO KIDS) A FEW WEEKS BACK…FOUND MYSELF ORDERING FOR THEM & “TRYING” TO KEEP ORDER…DISMISSED MYSELF R-I-G-H-T AFTER I TOOK THE LAST SWIG OF MY RASPBERRY LEMONADE, LOL–I COULD FEEL THE, “GET THESE KIDS WILL YOU, GO$ DA&N…HE’S RUNNING INTO PEOPLE, SAYING TITTIES (OUT LOUD)–A CONTINUOUS DISASTER; NOT THE FIRST TIME.

?? you know what, ??

Privileged whites

HEEELLLL YEAH…next…my kids come first. I walked away from a job when my son was a preemie..they told me the nurses update calls were a distraction to my job..bish this is Glamour Shots not fukking Rocket Surgery..peace…God provided..got a better job more money. Your child’s development comes first..

I don’t like kids with NO home/social training. Can’t STAND IT!

I think that he was being a ball boy.

He needs to be around his peers, develop social skills. but who knows, maybe he’s autistic or something and mom is a pill popper. ?

And I can’t help but think that the son won’t be as “great” of a baseball player as his dad is trying to train him up to be. That lil fukka prolly can’t even swing a ball or catch a bat. LOL

He is enmeshed with his son. When/if that boy breaks away when he grows up his father will become clinically depressed. Walking away from your job over such a reasonable request actually speaks to some serious issues within the father. The most important thing is that he and his son are together everyday, all day long, even more important than the boys education, there’s some mental issue going on.

We don’t know what parents reasons for doing what they do. If he IS a special needs kid then I would go OVER the MOON for him to make sure he is protected. So maybe.. It reminds me of the the kid that is being groom to be King.. he spend his days in training how to act speak talk laws etc..he’s what 12? ION

I DON’T HAVE ANY KIDS, BUT HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE & DO NOTHING…MY MOM N-E-V-E-R ALLOWED THIS & I CANNOT WRAP MY MIND AROUND THOSE WHO ALLOW IT…THE ISH IS EMBARRASSING, TO ME…I HAVE YOKED MY NEPHEWS UP WITH THE QUICKNESS & SISTER WAS COOL WITH IT (SHE BETTA, AS MUCH HELP AS I GIVE…LOL)..MY COUSIN IS FROM EAST BALTIMORE & ISH WOULD GOOO WAY LEFT, IF SHE POPPED OFF–SOME PEOPLE TAKE OFFENSE TO “HELP” & SHE IS ONE OF THEM, LOL

Absolutely. This could have been a very teachable moment in this young boys life, but instead his Father chose to quit when asked to accommodate the others on his team. There should be no reason his son should be involved that much. After all, this is his father’s place of employment…it seems the rules were relaxed and the father took advantage of the circumstance. You see Stephen Curry cut the crap with his daughter…its cute for second then it becomes annoying. We got work to do!

I think bringing him everyday is a stretch! Work is work and you should be and conduct yourself as a professional. You not bringing him for the few hours you have to be on your job is not going to hurt this child. He’s walking away b/c he has the money to do so. I bet his tone would be different if this was his first year playing.

Why is his son at his work everyday, does he not go to school, can he not get someone to watch him while he’s at work, I wouldn’t expect my boss would be happy for me to take my son in with me every shift

Dam he was bringing him everyday what happen to school? Something about this story here just seem like part of it is missing ?

My nieces let their children run all over restaurants. Then want to get mad at the waitress because you let your kid LITERALLY jump up and down in the middle of the aisle and he bumped into a waitress who was carrying a TRAY full of drinks. Then gone say, SHE shoulda watched where SHE was going. NO BITCH, YOU should tell your child to sit the fukk down! They let the tween girls run to the bathroom all the time. Why does it take five girls to go into a ONE STALL bathroom? FOR WHAT? SIT THE FUKK DOWN! THIS is not the place! Thing is, we were raised by the SAME FOLKS (my mama and great aunts) and they did NOT play. YALL know better!

His son had his own locker and chair in the locker room. He actually invaded the work space of the other teammates. One of his teammates probably complained about this situation to management, but they had already set precedent by allowing this behavior to continue once he joined this team. They had no policy in place to prevent this from happening.

So now his son grows up thinking he should always get his way. And if he doesn’t just walk away.

Great example $13 million dollar dad.
#ytprivilege

CTFU..LMMFAO.. and his own locker..WTF?!?! LOL

Ken Griffy Jr & Tony Gwynn Jr both went to work with their dads, also LaRouche signed with The Sox with them agreeing to allow his son to come along which is why he had his own locker…the real problem is dad didn’t play well last year.

TOOO FUNNEEEE…lol..you’re right tho

LMMFAO..AHHHH lol

If he was working in a office would he bring his son to work. A job, is a job be professional. Another thing, why is the son not in school?

Not a way in hell. I adore my daughter, but work is a place where business gets taken care of. I don’t need any distractions.

Exactly…just look at that picture…says it all! LOL

I absolutely agree! We have gotten WAY away from family values. This man’s first job is a father to his son and if the workplace allowed it, I don’t see anything wrong with you. Here is a man that embraces family and people are bashing him. The brief statement he made speaks volumes about his character and priorities. God will not forsake this man and his family, he will be fine financially and spiritually because of his decision.

He’s probably banking on the son playing major league baseball since his dad also played in the majors and used to bring him to the locker room. I hope his son has the talent to do so or else they will both be sadly disappointed.

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

“There’s going to be a time coming pretty quick when [Drake and daughter Montana] are going to be out of the house, doing their own thing, and I don’t want to look back and regret these years where I could have done more. I learned that from my dad.”
-Adam LaRoche
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Family before money.
I cant get mad at this man for putting family first.

I’m stunned at the mention of a wife; I assumed he was a widower who lost his wife during childbirth.
he’s on some b.s. as far as that life lessons statement, and his wife must be lil touched too if she agrees w/her child not being schooled.

I bet no other kids had lockers but his! I mean he is rich anyway…GOODBYE

LOL!!

Exactly! He better hope his son doesn’t show up on the family ranch wearing a dress and cowboy boots one day.

I am on the fence…..I agree that with all that is going on in this orld, a young man needs to have his father present to help guide him into manhood and help him adjust to society; however there also is a time that the child needs to be able to define who THEY are separate and apart from their parental figure, and create their own identity, as well as create outside friendships. It seems to me that they requested the he start to “dial back” the child’s everyday presence in the clubhouse, etc.. I don’t see any problem with that, and con’t see why the father took such drastic matters. As someone else said, at 14 that young man knows his father loves him dearly, just like LaRoche’s daughter, who isn’t there with him everyday, knows her father loves her. Or does this only apply to his man child aka younger him?

Watch.

I believe family comes first ….but you have to make the money to take care of SAID family. They just ask, dont bring him “as much” Guess that wasnt good enough for him tho….I think it’s stupid to quit.

Ok he walked away from 13 milli. so why can’t he see lil man when he get home… just asking?

I think he thought his threat would change their minds which would make things seem as though the players trump the coaches in making major decisions and it backfired in his face… I’m sure he’s either biting his nails sitting by the phone praying for redemption or a phone call from another major league team.. I would be PISSED if I was wifey though.. Why can’t his son watch, participate, and support him from the STANDS like most other athlete children? #SpoiledRichKids

IDK….but he sure seems full of himself. I would NOT give up my millions on something that could have been delt with differently…like 2 days a week.

Probably is home schooled, during his homework in the stadium’s locker room

Still doesn’t equate to why HE would walk away from a $13 mil deal.. If he didn’t play well last year WHILST his son was attending then maybe it’s not the son afterall, it’s HIM! Should’ve been cut or given a salary decrease.. I’m very confused yet very much not in a giving a fu** mood today so….

Kid is a dumb jock in the making. If nothing else, school will teach you how to appreciate others opinions, and look for answers on your own. They don’t even home school the boy.
LOL, lost wife during childbirth.

*I wish more fathers thought that way.*

And they DO!! They are called UNEMPLOYED!! I’m willing to bet his son coaxed his decision, with pouting, storming off to his room, being detached from the rest of the family etc… The demand list of a spoil rich kid goes on and on til the break of dawn..

Thank you!! This is BEYOND absurd…

Boom!! Couldn’t have said it better myself!

lmfao is the statefarm guy?

Hell yeah, jobs come and go same as men do, but my child is here to stay. However, if him bring his son to work everyday was hindering him and everyone else from doing their job, then I could understand why they would be like chill out.

Now there is the story………that makes way more sense. He’s been in baseball a minute so he has a few dollars. He’s good.

Takes the fun out of adulting.

i was thinking the same thing. Not to mention the ball club members probably had to censure themselves having a kid around all the time. BUT i commend him for putting family first. This act of his father placing him above all else, will resonate (or should) with this kid more than how many times he got to hang out with the SOX players. Good Job Dad!!!!!!!

Work is work… lol… He a spoiled brat. Kid need to hangout with kids his own age and develop his own life.

this kid could be seeing the world, literally, but his dad believes that life’s answers lie within the sweaty, pooty, confines of a men’s locker room???? I’m dumbfounded!

Ain’t nan kid gone remove me from my coins. What he gone do when the kid leaves HIM and goes off to college? IJS

I like , no , LOVE what he did BUT… I can’t take my daughter with me to work all the time , it’s still a job and having your mini you all the time there is just .. Not professional .

Work is a sane place for me , I m productive , make money and miss my kid while she’s getting educated .
I don’t want to be glued to her all the time , I love her but I need to be alone too.

Exactly…you and I are on the same page. Work, in some aspects is a place of solace. If I’m lucky, I can interact with adults and play on internet.

This guy suffers from Adult ADHD. He had several episodes on field with the Atlanta Brsves not able to focus on baseball. But on his deer head back in Kansas. He has s huge ranch, his own Brand of cow meat, host off an outdoors show, great guy off field. But he was clearly self medicating with a serious mental condition using his son. The MLB brass knew this. Instead of mandating he take meds, get help he would take meds off and on, loose focus and not perform to his potential. It’s a very sad story especially for his son. Who should have been in school and not a shield for his dads conditions.

The White Sox did well to try and take control of the matter. Hopefully He and his son will get needed help and the proper authority will not look to his millions and not look away.

Thank you !!! I think some parents are scared to admit it.

Entitlement is a bih!
Not trying to play the card race BUT! If he was let’s say ..5 shades darker , the world would have called him a bad parent . Isn’t that little future tobacco chewing jerk supposed be in school or something?

One more thing, the kid traveled with the team on away games. Did the White Sox have a separate insurance policy on him. Did the MLBPA or MLB have insurance coverage for the child while under the auspices of the White Sox organization. What if he got injured in the clubhouse or caught MRSA. So irresponsible in every way.

I mean normally you wouldn’t be able to take your kid to work so this should be approached in the same manner. Now I can understand from his point of view that he’s been doing it and now it’s a problem. But they didn’t say stop just stop bringing him so much. There’s a huge difference between a 7 year and a 14 year old and the little boy probably was causing issues of some sort that made the other players uncomfortable. I don’t know, but if he can afford to walk away more power to him.

Just have one question: Why is this 14 year-old not in school?

*Also, check out this dude’s Twitter page and you will get a full sense of the entitlement this dude has

Um , Yeah, he lost me with that ish.
Walked away from what and HOW MUCH!! $13 million. UM NO.
I would have sat JR down and said Look son. I will see when I get home from “WORK/PLAYING”. We got plenty of time…….ANd plenty of loot to mkae fun things happen. LAWD…
These folks are something else.

This is dumb. What job allows for your kids to come to work with you everyday? Dumb.

LMFAO “sientate y no te mueves” or I’m whoopin dat azzz

bc adult conversation is the SHEEZNEEIT!!! lol the amount of clowning and trash talking that I do with my friends like maaaaaaaan. that’s why I don’t hang out in social settings with people who have children who INSIST on bringing them around. NERP! you’re not invited LOL

school ain’t about life lessons though that’s why it’s called parenting. you parent and teach at home, school teaches academics. he basically said “my kid will have all the money in the world so who needs to be smart”

Yes, but his Father should have seen the bigger picture and asked the team to instead give his son a party related role. He could have been the woman wrangler (we love children) or steroids courier; that way he would only be risk getting a light sentence.

That’s what I’m thinking.

13 million..oh your little ass staying home #familyfirst #butweeatinggood

No one in normal jobs are able to do that. If he took the time to think about all the the people behind the scenes that does everything to allow him to have a job in the first place that’s not able to bring the kids to work maybe he would think differently but that’s when your big headed and feel entitled. if he’s stupid enough to quit his job because of that so be it

“Cain’t sit he’a.” ~Forest Gump

the real mvp. family first.

He was trying not to be an “absentee” father, who is always on the road missing the best years of his son’s life. As Neyo would say “All the things that money can’t buy” and that is “time.” Now that is a “real” father. But I do believe if he had the son travel and meet him on his off days it would have been fine. Where is the boy’s mother, she should be traveling with him and meet dad after practice. That would still be spending quality time.

Seems that’s what he decided to do.