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KW is a notorious douche on so many levels, so I'm guessing he said something to LaRoche that was interpreted as an insult. Remember last season when KW basically told everyone that Hahn was essentially just his puppet and that the GM title was given to him mostly to keep him from jumping ship, but at the same time hanging Hahn out to dry for a couple of the FA signings that went wrong? I would imagine he delivered the message to LaRoche in the worst possible way.
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Possibly. Just be an ass on purpose hoping he would leave so they can get out a VERY bad contract. Not sure if that's something KW would ever stoop to, but plausible.
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This is hilarious. Sale is now saying that KW lied to the team directly.
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The Sox are really shooting themselves in the foot here. LaRoche's kid could have
served on the security team for free.
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Looks like LaRoche finally issued a statement, basically telling his side of the story. As I thought, there was (a little) more to the story...but not nearly enough in my opinion to make the situation seem less crazy.
Turns out that he and the White Sox had an "agreement" that he could bring his son to games, practices, clubhouse, etc when he first signed. However, entering this season KW told him to scale back Drake's clubhouse visits, then later was told not to bring him to that ballpark at all. This ultimately led to his decision to hang it up. It doesn't sound like this agreement was something that was written in his contract, but rather just a verbal understanding before he signed with the Sox. He said he was forced to chose his family over his job.
I can understand the love towards his child - in fact he seems to be an outstanding father - but not being able to be with your kid 4-5 hours a day while you work is a deal breaker for your career? That's a little excessive I think. I only spend 3 hours a day during the week with my daughter (get home from work at 5 then she's in bed by 8). Does that make me a bad father because I have to work without her being around? To each his own I guess.
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Not just a deliberate plan by KW, but a "brilliant" deliberate plan by KW. According to the Hawkaroo.
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I'm hoping Chris Sale continues to support Laroche and retires to show solidarity ?
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I'm trying to figure out what that "plan" is accomplishing exactly.
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Quote:I'm trying to figure out what that "plan" is accomplishing exactly.
I'm assuming it was to get LaRoche to retire and save the 13 million.
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