LaRoche jerseys still clung to hangers on either side of Chris Sale’s stall inside the White Sox locker room at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday morning.
A silent red radio sat on a shelf in Drake LaRoche’s old spot, his name still etched on a plate above his former, now mostly empty space in the corner, next to where Adam Eaton keeps his belongings.
A day after White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf declared a gag order on White Sox employees concerning the sudden retirement of designated hitter Adam LaRoche, chatter among most players revolved around the team’s NCAA tournament bracket standings.