What would taking LaRoche’s side here look like? He made a decision of his own free will, fully aware of the consequences. What did the White Sox do wrong, that he deserves sympathy? Why would anyone take the side of a guy who’d rather his kid’s education came from a baseball locker room rather than, y’know, school?…

You mean all the other instances where a professional athlete brought his teenaged son with him to work every single day instead of putting the kid in school?