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Adam LaRoche and his son

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Mar 16, 2016.

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  1. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

    How dare you? My kids love watching me rock back and forth in my office, neurotically checking Twitter, sipping iced office, getting into fights about #longform! and writing four sentences an hour for a story that's due in three weeks.
     
    Double Down, Mar 17, 2016
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  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Many years ago, when David was about 10, he came with his mom to a VCU game I was covering. Seth Greenberg was coaching Long Beach State. The team won at Kansas on a Saturday and came to play a decent VCU team on a Monday. EDIT - thanks to Songbird having a better memory than me, I have the order of the games wrong. It was lose at VCU and then go win at Kansas.

    It got its ass whipped by VCU. The refs even gave it up midway through the second half. One of the VCU players jumped, grabbed the rim, pulled himself up a ways and slammed the ball back in. Must have hung on the rim a good three seconds. No call Greenberg went ballistic.

    After the game, I hauled David into the press room with me. There were only 3-4 people covering the game so I figured it would be an OK one-time thing. The SID was on board with it. Greenberg comes in and is steamed, no one says anything for a while. So I finally said what the heck and asked: What's the deal, you're not allowed to hang on the rim for a putback on the west coast?

    He thought that was the funniest thing ever so he laughed and then went off on the refs, his team, life, more on his team, the refs again. Great stuff.

    David thought it was the coolest thing ever. I told him it was hardly ever like that and to please find something else to do with his life.

    So he did.
     
    Moderator1, Mar 17, 2016
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  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    I think the Long Beach-Kansas game was a Monday because Kansas had just become the new No. 1 team. Great win for the 49ers.
     
    Songbird, Mar 17, 2016
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  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Songbird, Mar 17, 2016
    #112
  5. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    I actually did not know he was Dave's kid, so thanks for the knowledge. In light of all that (ie, the wife; background), the kid's unconventional upbringing makes more sense.

    Still odd though and I don't think it's doing well by the kid long term to have such an eccentric upbringing
     
    CD Boogie, Mar 17, 2016
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  6. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    One of my abiding memories of the '80s Celtics was a practice at the gym at Hellenic College where I watched Bill Walton's kids beat the snot out of each other in the bleachers. Nobody cared or noticed. Yeah, one of them was Luke.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Mar 17, 2016
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  7. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Hmmm. Maybe I had it bass ackwards, they came into VCU first, on a Saturday? Whatever, I do know they beat Kansas and lost at VCU on the same trip
     
    Last edited: Mar 17, 2016
    Moderator1, Mar 17, 2016
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  8. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Keep telling people (as much as you can on here anyway) how to raise their kids.
     
    JackReacher, Mar 17, 2016
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  9. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Maybe Williams was worried the kid would dominate the Sox during the Father/Son game?
     
    Baron Scicluna, Mar 17, 2016
    #117
  10. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    What about those who make $7,439 an hour working on the Internet? They deserve recognition too.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Mar 17, 2016
    #118
  11. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    It's a tricky situation and an interesting story. If you're a dad pulled away from family a lot you get it.
    But you're not going to get much sympathy when you substitute a clubhouse for school, or its inherent social structure.

    South Side Sox has had a funny discussion.
    Adam LaRoche's retirement about son's presence, not health
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Mar 17, 2016
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  12. Double Down

    Double Down Well-Known Member

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    Let's talk about this, journalistically, for a second. Why the fuck would you hint at something, not give it away in a manner that implies you don't quite have it on the record, then when a follower correctly guesses, you're like "Very impressive! Winner."

    C'mon man, either you have the story or don't. I don't see how a lucky guess greenlights your info.
     
    Double Down, Mar 17, 2016
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