>> young drake has been a familiar face around the team. he even has his own locker. convenient the team president, kenny williams, says he is a he is not a problem. but he talked about the team being able to focus. and laroche, by his decision, the decision is leaving $13 million on the table that is his salary this year. >> all for his son. >> yes. >> it is not an easy story to make an opinion on because there are a lot of questions to ask, and the team president has a point about players focusing and what not. but the kid has been around whatever team his father has been on. >> he grew up. >> his dad did the same thing. he grew up with his dad at the ballpark. >> and trying not to form an opinion. >> i already formed one. >> yes. okay. >> dave, baseball, the rays heading to cuba, and so is 10 news this morning anchor! >> new reports from the rays' history making debut in havana! >> and drinks! >> is that what you're thinking about? >> yes. always good. starting sunday night. what does fresh epcot mean? maybe it's sampling seasonal dishes... ...enjoying hand-picked

the vice presidentalls drake fine young man, but says it was time to draw the line. >> what would you i say to the next guy who wanted to bring his son and have it be an every day thing? >> reporter: it's timeh the team concentrates on playing better baseball. he tweeted, thank you lord for the game of baseball and a family i love. good for you, laroche. >> it is work. when the fans demanding a better output, they're tightening up >> neither got back to us. the team confirms laroche signed his resignation papers, but they have not been filed with major legal baseball. >>> a young mther who was having a seizure received help from a clerk. the customer begins to lose nsciousness, but the clerk sensed something was wrong and reached across and grabbed that baby just in time. that little child and the mother are reportedly doing fine now. >>> we'll start off with a look at our l le first alert doppler radada. no rain on it. tomorrow should be mainly quiet, but by tomorrow night rain chances are expected to increase. this weekend there will be some showers and possibly some thunderstorms.

the white sox vice president ken williams calls drake a fine young man but says it was time to draw the line. . >> sometimes you have to mamake some unpopular decisions. guy who wanted to bring his son and have every day thing? >> reporter: williams saying it's time the team concentrates on playing better baseball after suffering three straight losing seasons. laroche has not appeared publiclyly since walking away, tweeting, thank you lord for the game of baseball and for giving me way more than i ever deserved. #familyfirst. national league mvp bryce harper, a former teammate of laroche's voicing his support, tweeting, good for you, laroche, nothing like father and son in the clubhouse. it's a family game. >> but afterall, it is work. and when ththe fans demand a better output from the chicago white sox, they're tightening up the reigns there. >> nbc did reach out to laroche and his agent for comment but did not hear back. >>> an 8 on your side consumer alert now. a major recall for bubble bee tuna. be s spoiled or have other p athogens. it's all produced in ththe month of february. >>

. >> white sox vice president calls drake a fine young man but said it was time to draw the line. >> sometimes you have to make unpopular decisions. what would i say to the next person who wanted to bring his son and have it be an every day thing? >> the team says happy to have kids around every once in a while but every day becomes too much. this was not just ken williams. there was a players' meeting and some of the players voiced the kid. >> absolutely. >> to his credit he said okay. if that is the case then i'm going to step away. >> i'm going to leave my job absolutely family should always be first whether a parent or caring for your parent. >> could you cut back? >> i wonder why there couldn't be a compromise to walk away how you care for your family. you always know sports. is there something more here? >> not just walk away but retire from baseball. >> the team has like three losing season and figured they needed to focus on things. >> do we think this is the whole story? i don't know. >> i thought retirement part of it was very dramatic. >> didn't have a great year last year

vice president ken williams calls drake a fine young man but says it was time to draw the line. what would i say to theho wanted to bring his son and have it be an everything thing. >> reporter: williams saying it is time the team concentrates on baseball after suffering three straight losing seasons. appeared publicly tweeting thank you for the game of baseball and for giving me way more than i bryce harper, a former teammate voicing his support tweeting good for you, nothing like in the clubhouse. it's a family game. when the fans are demanding a better output from the chicagoy are tightening up the reins. >> we did reach out for comment. the team does confirm larocheretirement papers but have not been filed with the league. there was a meeting of the players, about a two-ing. this is coming from some of them clearly. >> it's a locker room. this is a 14-year-old boy. we know players in like a certain atmosphere and i don't think they want to be worried about what they do or say. i think it is across the line. >> and adam laroche's played in the big leagues so adam had this exp

white sox vice president ken williams calls drake a fine, young man, but says it was time to draw the line. >> sometimes you've got to make some unpopular decisions. what would i say to the next person who, the next guy who wanted to bring his son and have it be an everyday thing? >> reporter: williams saying it's time the team concentrates on playing better baseball, after suffering three straight losing seasons. laroche has not appeared publicly since walking away, tweeting, "thank you, lord, for the game of baseball, and for giving me way more than i ever deserved, #familyfirst." national league mvp bryce harper, a former teammate of laroche's, voicing his support, tweetigo nothing like father and son in the clubhouse. it's a family game." >> but after all, it is work, and when the fans are demanding a better output from the chicago white sox, they're tightening up the reins there. >> and the white sox did say that they would try to build a compromise, maybe having him come half the time? but adam laroche said no and walked away from $13 million. big move. >> a lot to walk away fro

white sox vice president ken williams calls drake a fine young man, but says it was time to draw the line. >> sometimes you've got to make some unpopular decisions. what would i say to the next person, the next guy who wanted to bring his son and have it be an everyday thing. >> reporter: williams says it's time the team concentrates on playing better baseball after suffering three straight losing seasons. laroche has not appeared publicly since walking away, tweeting thank you, lord, for the game of baseball and giving me way more than i ever deserved. #familyfirst. national league mvp bryce harper, a former teammate of laroche's voicing his support. good for you, roche. nothing like father and son in the clubhouse. it's a family game. >> after all it is work and when the fans are demanding a better job from the white sox, they're tightening up the reins there. >> what do you think? >> i think that he's at work. i think it's fine for the son to visit but there's no way i would bring my children to work every single day. also you know what, can i just say, what a guilt trip for that

white sox vicice president ken williams calls drake a fine young man but says it was t time to draw the line. what would i say to the next person who wanted to bring his son and have it be an everything thing. >> reporter: williams saying it is time the team concentrates on playing better baseball after suffering three straight losing seasons. laroche has not appeared publicly tweeting thank you for the game of baseball and for giving m me way more than i deserved. bryce harper, a former teammate voicing his support tweeting father and son in the clubhouse. it's a family game. >> after all, it is work and when the fans are demanding a better output from the chicago white sox they are tightening up the reins. >> we did reach out for comment. the team does confirm laroche signed retirement papers but have not been filed with the league. there was a meeting of the players, about a two-hour meeting. clearly. >> i it's a locker room. this is a 14-year-old boy. we know players in locker rooms like a certain atmosphere and i don't think they want to be worried about what they do or say. i thin

team president kennedy williams said his son drake is a quality young kids, but he didn't want anythingter the team's focus this year. williams noted kids are still permitted in the clubhouse, just not every day, adding no job would allow that. nicole: managers are going mad over march madness, but none of their employees with rockets. executives and supervisors are more likely than subordinates to participate in march madness office pools. the new survey same one in a workers plan to bet on the college basketball tournament and that is actually down from last year. the total amount of betting this year is estimated at just over $9 billion bid to turn and then officially starts today at the first game that begins at 12:15 p.m. eastern time and we wish you good luck. lauren: 68 teams in one dream. the battle for delegates reaches a fever pitch for front runners. the next key state primaries in the race for the white house. >> my content to make america great again. that's what we're going to do. she cannot make america great again. she's going to fail in trade. she phalen military. laure

young because he wasn't well received or well liked by the players. but in management, sometimes you've got to make some unpopular decisions. >> reporter: 14-year-old drake laroche has been a fixture, alongside his father on the field, and in major league clubhouses for years. complete with his own jersey and personal locker. >> my friends think it's like really cool and everything. but i just think it's normal because i do it every single year since i've been a baby. >> reporter: kids on tiehe fld and in the clubhouse isn't uncommon across baseball. but drake's involvement with the white sox was uniqu. >> you see kids in clubhouses all the time, but not on a consistent basis. i can't think of a single case where a players' son was in a clubhouse the entire time the player was. >> reporter: the white sox insist their decision had nothing to do with drake's conduct but rather an attempt to focus on winning. >> it's awesome. i'm so lucky to take him to work. my brothers and i just grew up around the stadium. we always did it, so it's cool >> reporter: baseball has long been a family affair for the laroches. adam's dad pitched in the majors for 14 seasons a

young man. in no way do i want this to be about him. job drake laroche was the twice -- man.t of his locker at u.s. cellular field next to his father's. white sox management doesn't want the teenage boy around on a regular basis. adam essentially said keep the $13 million you owe me for this season. the question becomes, is atom approach the father of the year or something else? dagen: why would he be father of the year? he was taking it an agenda team and it's unfair to every other player if their kids don't have the same advantages. that is what they are saying. >> that's a very fair point. >> i'm from chicago. i'm a white sox fan. transfer your not that sad to see them go because it's not that great of a player. >> the cubs, by the way are the odds-on favorite to win the world there raise this year which will drive me crazy as a south side native. regardless, in terms of father of the year, i would not want my teenage son spending tons of time in a major league locker room. >> at the rough-and-tumble place to begin with. >> i also wonder if adam laroche should not only had

it's not because the young man was a distraction and not because he wasn't well-received and well-liked by players, but in management sometimes you got >> reporter: 14-year-old drake laroche has been a fixture alongside his father on the field and in major league baseball league clubhouses for years. complete with his own jersey and personal locker. >> my friends think it's really cool and everything. but i just think it's normal because i do it every single year since i've been a baby. >> reporter: kids on the field and in the clubhouse isn't uncommon across baseball, but drake's involvement with the white sox was unique. >> you see kids in clubhouses all the time but not on a consistent base. i can't think of a single case where a player's son was in a clubhouse the entire time the player was. >> reporter: the white sox insist their decision had nothing to do with drake's conduct. but, rather, an attempt to completely focus on winning. >> it's awesome. yeah, i'm so lucky to get to take him to work. my brothers and i just grew up around the stadium. we always did it so it's cool to give him the same memories. >> reporter: some of laroche's former teammates tweete