Adam LaRoche spent several nights deciding whether he should leave baseball, and ultimately he told his teammates he was choosing his son over them, the former Sox designated hitter revealed in a lengthy interview with ESPN the Magazine.
LaRoche told the magazine he understands the issues that surrounded bringing his 14-year-old son into the clubhouse every day, but he said that he always asked managers to go to him if there was a problem.
"I'm not saying this is the way everybody should raise their kid," LaRoche says. "I'm saying I was given the privilege to raise my kid this way by some awesome teams and managers and GMs.