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Old 03-17-2016, 02:11 PM
 
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The preposterous story:


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...icle-1.2567017




This whiny entitled pain in the neck is going to take his baseball glove and go home. They are paying him 13.5 MILLION to play a kid's game, and this miserable ingrate wants to whine and cry because they won't let him take his kid to work every day.


Talk about first world problems...
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Old 03-17-2016, 02:17 PM
 
Location: NJ/NYC
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This whole thing made me do a double take as well.

Go try working a regular job and see if they let you take your kid to work.
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Old 03-17-2016, 03:03 PM
 
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The preposterous story:


LaRoche retiring after Sox say son can't be there every day - NY Daily News




This whiny entitled pain in the neck is going to take his baseball glove and go home. They are paying him 13.5 MILLION to play a kid's game, and this miserable ingrate wants to whine and cry because they won't let him take his kid to work every day.


Talk about first world problems...
For 13.5 million this season, couldn't he just hire George Clooney to watch his kids? Also, shouldn't the kid be in school? How is he in the clubhouse while school is in session?
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Old 03-17-2016, 03:13 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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Well if he's been earning that kind of money all these years, he's probably well enough off to retire.
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Old 03-17-2016, 03:22 PM
 
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For 13.5 million this season, couldn't he just hire George Clooney to watch his kids? Also, shouldn't the kid be in school? How is he in the clubhouse while school is in session?
I agree. A child does not belong in a dugout every day. What job lets you take your children to work with you every day? He needs to go to school, be with his friends, and do child activities and not ADULT even if that is a "little boys game".
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Old 03-17-2016, 04:49 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Screw him.

Besides he had a terrible year in 2015 and prob figured to make this an excuse to retire.
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Old 03-17-2016, 04:58 PM
 
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His son is 14, shouldn't he be in school? Does he have a life? Seems kind of difficult to have friendships if you're spending all your time at your dad's job.
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Old 03-17-2016, 05:04 PM
 
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For 13.5 million this season, couldn't he just hire George Clooney to watch his kids? Also, shouldn't the kid be in school? How is he in the clubhouse while school is in session?
His dad was quoted here in the Chicago Tribune as saying " The wife and I aren't real big on school, he can learn more about life here with me". And to top off this idiot , some of the Sox players wanted to boycott because of this. Just as the old saying goes " Sports doesn't build character, in reveals character."
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Old 03-17-2016, 08:41 PM
 
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I agree. A child does not belong in a dugout every day. What job lets you take your children to work with you every day? He needs to go to school, be with his friends, and do child activities and not ADULT even if that is a "little boys game".

LaRoche worked out an arrangement with the school his kids attend (which is in Kansas or Iowa I believe). He goes to school during the winter when it isn't baseball season and during the season he gets his homework from the school in advance and meets with private tutors.

I personally don't have a problem with him taking his kid with him every day (assuming the kid isn't bothering the other players as they are trying to get their work in). There aren't many things better than a day at the ball park as long as you aren't neglecting important things (like academics which doesn't appear to be the case).
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Old 03-17-2016, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Florida
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This is probably a cover. The real reason is probably because he didn't want to play for that sorry franchise known as the White Sox!
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