Friday brought the White Sox bizarre clubhouse scandal its first shift away from a weird debate over Adam LaRoche‘s child-rearing. Unfortunately, it’s because it became a more direct story of organizational discord, with franchise player Chris Sale, and LaRoche — who might have an even bigger national profile these days — calling team president Kenny Williams a liar. Sale, […]
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LaRoche snafu puts White Sox in unkind national spotlight
The White Sox have comfortably operated with unchecked weirdness outside the national spotlight for some time now, in a place where the franchise player tearing into team president Kenny Williams is variations on a theme, not breaking news.
South Side Morning 5: Not all of these items are about Adam LaRoche
Those who might wish this Adam LaRoche story–its bizarre controversy, its inability to fit into any defined box for rational debate, and its potential to rip focus away from a promising season–would just go away, are not going to have a very good St. Patrick’s Day.
Adam LaRoche is Fine & So Are The White Sox
When word broke that Adam LaRoche had announced to his teammates on Tuesday that he was going to retire, it was largely assumed that the “personal reasons” cited as the cause had something to do with his back.
Adam LaRoche’s retirement gets explained, and becomes more confusing
Hard to imagine anyone was foolish enough to speculate that Adam LaRoche‘s decision to retire Tuesday was based on fringe issues like mounting injuries and declining skills. Naturally it was a dispute prompted by a disagreement over the regularity with which LaRoche could bring his son to the clubhouse, of course.
LaRoche’s retirement lays bare White Sox need for bats
Per WARP, the White Sox were at or below replacement level at three positions last year: 2B (-1.6 WARP), 3B (-0.8), and DH (0.0).* This year, PECOTA (before Adam LaRoche’s unexpected retirement) projects a WARP total of 1.9 at 2B, 2.3 at 3B, and 1.9 at DH.** Acquiring Brett Lawrie and Todd Frazier filled the […]
Adam LaRoche’s somber exit
White Sox fans could be forgiven for not giving thought to Adam LaRoche the person much before Tuesday afternoon. After all, it wasn’t really their place. Even clubhouse tales of LaRoche’s character and integrity could be filed away as intangible considerations for figuring the value of LaRoche the player, and after a miserable 2015 season, […]
Report: Adam LaRoche to Retire
Not your ordinary news from Spring Training. The White Sox had a meeting at Camelback Ranch this morning, during which Adam LaRoche informed his teammates of his intention to retire from baseball.