As they sat down to discuss their options in 2016, family was always the priority. The left-handed LaRoche platooned with 46-year-old veteran Julio Franco and put up a respectable .278 rookie batting average. days until the Chicago White Sox open the season against the Angels on ESPN. [12] He earned his first Gold Glove and the Silver Slugger Award. If baseball was everything I had, if that was my identity, it would have been really, really difficult. There's a good shot they'd still be "mired in mediocrity" as Rick Hahn so eloquently put it that summer. [18] On the next day, it was revealed that LaRoche's reason for a possible retirement was that the White Sox had placed a restriction on his 14-year-old son entering the team's clubhouse every day. Adama Laroche is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who spent 12 years in the league (Major League Baseball). And he wanted him to always be open to working on the behalf of others. Sparkling grape juice and all that. LaRoche had a bounce back season in 2014, hitting .259 with 26 home runs and 92 RBI in 140 games. LaRoche demonstrated his strong defensive skills at first base, but also a lack of speed running the bases. He was picked by the Florida Marlins in the rookie drafts in 1998 and 1999, but he refused to sign. SON : Drake LaRoche Mother: Jennifer LaRoche. Laroche received the Gold Glove Award and the Silver Slugger Award in 2012. Williams declined to be interviewed for this story, while Adam LaRoche insists there are zero hard feelings about the White Sox shifting policy. Adam LaRoche left $13 million on the table after the White Sox told him his then 14-year old son was no longer allowed in the clubhouse or to travel with the team. The dispute caused a rift between White Sox players with Chris Sale hanging Adam and Drake LaRoche jerseys in the clubhouse, and Adam Eaton calling Drake a leader. Laroche is a devoted Christian who, along with teammates Denard Span and Ian Desmond, helped the Washington Nationals promote Faith Day at Nationals Park. On May 13, 2009, LaRoche became the first player in major league history to have a home run taken away through the use of video replay.[1]. Based on the accounts of LaRoche's teammates and manager, Drake is a mature, well-behaved kid. That's just a fact. Around that time, Barstool really started to take off. He's my son, not theirs. But along with ex-manager Robin Ventura, several former players helped construct a more complete picture of the turbulence that came after a father protected a son, a boss declared enough was enough, and a fleet of news vans converged on Camelback Ranch to document the ensuing chaos. LaRoche, a 12-year-veteran, was due $13 million in the second year of a two-year, $25 million deal signed with the White Sox in November 2014. I know it's close enough for all intents and purposes, but know that there might be a couple of details I misremembered. Typically, players children appear in the clubhouse after games have finished as their fathers prepare to leave.
