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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 20:35:13 GMT -6
Coming soon.......
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 20:56:48 GMT -6
14 years ago, Drake was born to Adam & Jennifer LaRoche.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:00:06 GMT -6
Uncle Billy was also influential in Drake's early years as Adam was often away doing his baseball thing.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:04:23 GMT -6
The early years were somewhat lean for the LaRoche's. Adam hadn't yet fooled anybody into giving him an absurd contract so Drake was forced to kinda live in a watermelon. It served as highchair, teething apparatus, car seat and a rocker when Uncle Billy would push it back and forth.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:07:34 GMT -6
During the Fall it was a pumpkin. Drake seemed to love it.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:11:05 GMT -6
Eventually Drake was allowed to fend for himself. One of his earliest signs of leadership came when he started making lunch for his sister.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:14:24 GMT -6
Sometimes Drake's home schooling didn't exactly achieve the intended results.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:15:49 GMT -6
Especially in the really early years.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:19:23 GMT -6
But the times that Drake and Adam spent together seem to be what shaped the young man the most.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:20:33 GMT -6
They did everything together.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:22:36 GMT -6
They forbid Drake to ever hang out with Grandpa Pauly.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:36:47 GMT -6
But it seemed like Adam had a plan all along. He knew that one day him and Drake would hang out 120 of 162 days together at the ballpark so he got Drake going early on things he could help with around the park. Like watering the infield for instance.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:37:49 GMT -6
As well as finely manicuring the infield.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:41:31 GMT -6
Oh sure, they tried to introduce young Drake to other sports, like football.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:42:19 GMT -6
And soccer.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:45:55 GMT -6
Then they tried football again.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:47:33 GMT -6
Basketball with grandma was always a treat.  |
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Post by Terry's Peeps on Mar 19, 2016 21:51:10 GMT -6
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:51:48 GMT -6
And of course his mom wanted to get him into Nascar.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:52:21 GMT -6
Not THAT Drake.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:55:49 GMT -6
Once in awhile Adam would tell Drake to invite his friends over and then Adam and the neighbor would entertain them for the afternoon. .jpg) |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 21:58:21 GMT -6
But at the end of the day, nothing was quite like hanging out and playing baseball with dad.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 22:00:11 GMT -6
Much like his dad however, Drake's defense left a lot to be desired.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 22:12:33 GMT -6
Then one day Drake inexplicably won the state weightlifting tournament for privileged sons of major league baseball players.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 22:14:46 GMT -6
It was at that point that Adam knew the kid was ready and he gave him the call up to the big leagues.  |
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Post by Danny Busch on Mar 19, 2016 22:26:57 GMT -6
Little did Pappa Bear Adam and young Drake know but at this very time a twenty-something Kenneth Williams was developing into the man we would all come to know and love.  |
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Post by Positivity KS on Mar 19, 2016 22:30:39 GMT -6
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Post by Hawg Ass on Mar 20, 2016 6:31:28 GMT -6
Did KS have a stroke last night?
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Post by jackref on Mar 20, 2016 7:10:46 GMT -6
Regardless of content, that was well done.  |
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Post by Hawg Ass on Mar 20, 2016 8:36:16 GMT -6
This was funny as hell, dammit kudos KS!  |
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