White Sox ace Chris Sale addressed the media on Thursday morning regarding Adam LaRoche's sudden retirement and meeting between the team and Vice President Kenny Williams earlier this week.
Williams responded to Sale's media session with the following statement: "While I disagree with Chris' assertions today, I certainly have always appreciated his passion."
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White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf also broke his silence on the situation.
"While we appreciate everyone's attention and interest, we continue to feel that it would be premature to comment at this time. This is an internal issue and we are in the process of holding a number of discussions with players, staff and the front office. As a result, we don't want to comment until that process is complete. I have instructed members of the organization not to talk about this issue and get our focus back on the field and winning baseball games."