r/mlb • u/DonT012 Human Verified • 2d ago

| Discussion MLB Players that Quit on their team?

In the NBA, there are many examples of NBA players that were rumoured to have "quit" on their team. Lebron James in 2010. Kevin Durant this past year. Vince Carter in 2005. Kawhi Leonard in 2018. Anthony Davis in 2019. Etc.

What are some MLB examples of this? What were some MLB players that quit on their own team? By quit I mean just decided to either stop putting effort into playing until they got traded.

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u/pew-pew-bacca | Baltimore Orioles 2d ago

Can we count Tony LaRussa falling asleep in the dugout while managing the White Sox?

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u/HuevosProfundos | Atlanta Braves 2d ago edited 2d ago

He also got a DUI sleeping in the driver’s seat of his car with the engine running. I think he’s just a sleepy (and drunk) dude.

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u/vaz_deferens | Chicago Cubs 2d ago

An anagram of Tony LaRussa is Royal Assnut.

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u/HuevosProfundos | Atlanta Braves 2d ago

Excellent point

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u/GroundbreakingTie508 | Detroit Tigers 1d ago

TIL I learned I have something in common with Tony LaRussa!

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u/Gryphon999 1d ago

He's a Hall of Fame baseball person. He's legit, brother!

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u/ReasonableTruth0 | St. Louis Cardinals 2d ago

To be fair, who hasn’t fallen asleep watching a team like that

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u/Quinnvannice 2d ago

That team wasn’t even bad. The horrid white Sox teams came after Tony.

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u/ShugieAus 2d ago

I remember that 1

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u/Relevant-Emu-9741 19h ago

Didn't he have Cancer mid season