Long story short: Chicago White Sox first baseman, Adam LaRoche abruptly retires from baseball after 12 years in the majors, citing personal reasons. It’s revealed that the White Sox asked LaRoche to cut back how much time his son, Drake, was allowed to be in the team clubhouse and exposure to the team.  Instead of complying, LaRoche instead retired, and forfeited the remaining $13 million dollars he was due for the 2016 season.

I know that there are going to be a ton of baseball geeks on the internet who will be quick to call Adam LaRoche “stupid,” and other pejoratives meant to put him down, for his decision to walk away from a guaranteed $13 million dollars to play a kid’s game.  And absolutely, $13 million dollars is a tremendous amount of money, even for a professional athlete.

However, all these people who are/will be quick to fling stones, also are incapable of occasionally seeing the big picture in life, and the importance of things that matter that aren’t money.

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