Comments on: LaRoche snafu puts White Sox in unkind national spotlight http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/18/laroche-snafu-puts-white-sox-in-an-unkind-national-spotlight/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: South Side - Baseball Prospectus http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/18/laroche-snafu-puts-white-sox-in-an-unkind-national-spotlight/#comment-43 Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:13:56 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=205#comment-43 […] sum, Reinsdorf thinks entire week-long conflagration–which found its way to national headlines and included both LaRoche and Light of the Franchise, Chris Sale calling Kenny Williams a liar, and […]

]]> By: nathanL http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/18/laroche-snafu-puts-white-sox-in-an-unkind-national-spotlight/#comment-36 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:38:52 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=205#comment-36 From what I’ve been seeing, KW talked to LaRoche about dialing back the amount of time Drake was with the team prior to ST, LaRoche ignored it, so Kenny had to reiterate.

]]> By: Heffomite http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/18/laroche-snafu-puts-white-sox-in-an-unkind-national-spotlight/#comment-35 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:52:53 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=205#comment-35 What shocked me about this story is that there are apparently a significant number of people who think it’s appropriate for a 15 year old to be in the clubhouse every day. I knew LaRoche was a god, guns, and gays type weirdo, but this beyond what I expected. That kid is going to be seriously messed up when he gets cut from his high school baseball team, or at least he would be if he weren’t home schooled.

]]> By: JofpGallagher http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/03/18/laroche-snafu-puts-white-sox-in-an-unkind-national-spotlight/#comment-33 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:24:09 +0000 http://southside.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=205#comment-33 This whole saga has so many ramifications and it’s fodder to so many musings, speculations, side stories, drama, etc.

One thing that I notice is that Robin Ventura seems to be there to mainly write down the lineup card. This is an issue that should have been noticed/managed/dealt first by the manager (I want to believe he spends more time in the club house than Williams). So why Ventura appears to be “caught off guard”? Why would players complain with KW and not go thru their manager first? Did they go to their manager first and this one just “shrugged it off”?

I believe Rick Renteria’s time may be closer than we think.

One more thing, I believe KW mishandled this whole situation. Why didn’t he and Laroche talked about it friendly in a closed doors environment and try to reach an amicable agreement (Probably none would have come out) preventing all this mess going out to the media?

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