Adam LaRoche and his son

The mom is very much in the picture. Often exiting the clubhouse after games, you'd see Mrs. LaRoche and their daughter waiting. Being around the clubhouse was a very big part of LaRoche's upbringing (dad is ex-pitcher Dave, as most of you know). He wanted the same thing for his son.

And his real world is probably a little different from the real world of our kids. He'll have several successful businesses set up and waiting for him to run.

 

As for the question of what if everyone else wanted to do it: This isn't some pre-schooler who needs constant supervision. There's a certain window where this can be an actual thing. If you have a team full of guys with 10-14 year-old sons, you have a bigger problem than too many young kids in your clubhouse. Your team is too damn old. Most of these guys have infants or toddlers if they have kids at all.

Hell, sometimes the Nats had LaRoche's kid, Werth's kid, Desmond's dog and Werth's dog (about as big as American Pharoah) in the clubhouse. This was a year when they won 98 games. Maybe they ought to bring them all back.

 

Hey David, you want to go to my office and listen to me curse at the phone because people aren't calling me back and then freak at my editor when he wants a story in an hour and no one has called me back?

Sure Dad, that sounds like a real blast. I can't wait, can I poke my eyes out first?

 

I did bring my dog to work on back-to-back days during Hurricane Sandy. Now that WAS a distraction but a fun one.