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Adam LaRoche / TwitLonger:
TwitLonger — Given the suddenness of my departure and the stir it has caused in both the media and the clubhouse, I feel it's necessary to provide my perspective. — Over the last five years, with both the Nationals and the White Sox, I have been given the opportunity to have my son with me in the clubhouse.
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Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Chris Sale on Adam LaRoche flap: ‘We were lied to’ by White Sox management — PHOENIX - Chicago White Sox players accused executive vice president Ken Williams of lying to them Friday, and have demanded a meeting with chairman Jerry Reinsdorf over the retirement of teammate Adam LaRoche.
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ESPN:
White Sox players considered boycott to support Adam LaRoche — Chicago White Sox players considered not playing in Wednesday's spring training game in support of former teammate Adam LaRoche, sources told ESPN's Karl Ravech. — LaRoche abruptly retired Tuesday after team president Ken Williams told …
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ESPN:
Chris Sale says White Sox were lied to, derailing team's momentum — With two Adam LaRoche jerseys hanging at his locker — one signed by LaRoche's son, Drake — Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale said Friday that he and his teammates were lied to by executive vice president Kenny Williams.
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Chris Bahr / Fox Sports:
Adam LaRoche retired because White Sox had issues with his son — So why in the world did Adam LaRoche decide to retire and walk away from his $13 million salary in 2016? The reason might make a lot of folks cringe — especially those associated with the Chicago White Sox.
Ken Rosenthal / Fox Sports:
What's going on with this dispute over Adam LaRoche's son?
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ESPN:
Nationals pitcher Bronson Arroyo says he has torn rotator cuff — Washington Nationals pitcher Bronson Arroyo told MASN on Thursday that his rotator cuff is “significantly torn.” — He said the injury is not a torn labrum, as had been reported on Wednesday.
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Reports: Bronson Arroyo has torn labrum, likely ending comeback
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Bronson Arroyo Has Torn Rotator Cuff
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Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
People Are Freaking Out Over This Girl's Sad Picture Of Her Grandpa — Papaw made dinner for six grandkids, but only one showed up. :'( — This is Kelsey Harmon, a college softball player from Oklahoma. — On Wednesday night, Harmon tweeted a photo of herself having dinner with her grandfather.
Charlie Wilmoth / MLB Trade Rumors:
Nationals Release Logan Schafer — Here are today's minor moves from around the league. — The Nationals have announced that they've released outfielder Logan Schafer. (They also reassigned infielder Jason Martinson to the minors.) The Nats had signed Schafer to a minor-league deal in November.
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Adam RubinESPN / ESPN:
Ruben Tejada now free agent after six years with Mets — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Infielder Ruben Tejada's days with the New York Mets are over. — Tejada went unclaimed while on waivers and has been released by the ballclub. He now becomes a free agent.
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Rob Arthur / FiveThirtyEight:
How Baseball's New Data Is Changing Sabermetrics — Baseball data collected the old-fashioned way, at a spring training game between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs on March 15. — Every March since 2012, sabermetricians have gathered in Phoenix for their own version of spring training …
Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Construction Worker on 2nd Day of Job Dies in ‘Not Work-Related’ Fall From 53rd Floor in DTLA — A construction worker on his second day on the job died Thursday after falling from the 53rd floor of the Wilshire Grand Center tower and landing on a passing car in downtown L.A. in an incident …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Indians Sign Marlon Byrd To Minor League Deal — 7:45pm: Byrd has passed his physical, Paul Hoynes of the Plain Dealer tweets. He'll earn $1MM if he cracks the major league roster. The contract also includes some incentives, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com adds on Twitter.
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