We’re talking next-level silliness here. Forget the fact that the Adam LaRoche retirement due to Chicago White Sox management, in particular executive VP Ken Williams, determining that, hey, you know what, our work place is not a full-time daycare service and will no longer be used as such created any stir at all, the pathetic reality that it continues to make headlines or continue to fuel ill feelings toward the club is beyond any conceivable rationale. Really, “Normal” Joe Sixpack, you got a problem with an overpaid, pampered athlete not being extended the extraordinary privilege of total access/father-son time erasing any line between professional and personal lives? You sure, fellow multi-millionaire athletes, that it bothers you when a colleague no longer has carte blanche on something, taking a courtesy gesture from the front office to the utmost extreme with not a single consideration given to your own preferences? Get real, all of you griping about this “atrocity” to family-first parenting. Gotta give credit to LaRoche with presenting his side of the story on Friday, via TwitLonger. His words, or those crafted by an agent on his behalf, are well-written, and on the surface serve the purpose of presenting the former first baseman as an overall good guy and great dad. Unfortunately, they’re also BS. Just passive-aggressive manipulation in typed form to keep the emotionally charged and hero-worshipping in his corner. A couple excerpts and their translations ...
Yo, sometimes you gotta cut through the crap, and LaRoche is shoveling it to a serious degree, which is not surprising when you consider that his reaction to a more-than-reasonable request by the Sox has led to this convoluted crusade about family values when we’re talking about a work environment that, rightly so, can be dictated by an employer if it chooses to do so. Not for nothing, but even LaRoche explained that his “agreement” with the Sox in regards to his son being allowed to be around so often was in 2015 … and guess what happened when they, after receiving complaints from players and staff members about the Always Around Son, sought to make things more comfy in 2016 for the majority instead of just LaRoche. He balked and bolted. Good. The Sox, regardless of Chris Sale’s bitching, now can get to work. - Jack Kerwin | ydkjack1@gmail.com | Yo, sometimes you gotta cut through the crap, and LaRoche is shoveling it to a serious degree, which is not surprising when you consider that his reaction to a more-than-reasonable request by the Sox has led to this convoluted crusade about family values when we’re talking about a work environment that, rightly so, can be dictated by an employer if it chooses to do so. |
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