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Kids and baseball: It’s a big deal

Related Topics: Chris Sale, Adam LaRoche, Baseball

Two unlikely baseball controversies have disrupted the rapture of spring, and I find myself toggling back and forth between grumpiness and enlightenment.

Two unlikely baseball controversies have disrupted the rapture of spring, and I find myself toggling back and forth between grumpiness and enlightenment.

In other words, “Get off my lawn!” — but first, put down some biodegradable fertilizer so I can grow my organic quinoa.

The first issue on the table is Adam LaRoche and his omnipresent 14-year-old son, Drake, who apparently was being all but home-schooled in the Chicago White Sox clubhouse. White Sox vice president Ken Williams suggested that maybe Drake should spend a little less time at the ballyard, and all hell broke loose.