GLENDALE, Ariz. — What began as a quirky story about a boy and baseball has exploded into an ugly rift in the Chicago White Sox organization punctuated by ace Chris Sale saying the players were “bold-faced lied to” by club vice president Kenny Williams and demanded a meeting with owner Jerry Reinsdorf.
Reindsorf, Williams and first baseman Adam LaRoche all issued statements by noon Friday amid the shattering of spring training calm by an angry clubhouse that appears on the verge of mutiny.
That open warfare has broken out over the constant presence of a 14-year-old boy, Adam’s son, Drake, ranks as one of the most bizarre spring training stories in memory.