Sean Rodriguez’ Dad Is No Threat For ‘Father Of The Year’
Sean Rodriguez March 7th. 2010, 1:35pm
Marc Topkin has a story on Sean Rodriguez and his dad Johnny Rodriguez. The elder Rodriguez is a manager in the Cardinals’ system. And while many dads hope their sons grow up to be big leaguers, Johnny took it to a new extreme with Sean.
Sure, he put in so much time working with his son Sean, making him swing the heavy 30-inch bat with the weighted doughnut as a 4-year-old, throw balls from the outfield fence all the way to the plate at age 8, field hard-hit ground balls until he fell over at age 10.
Was Johnny just an overzealous father that really wanted his son to be a baseball player a little too much? Um, it is much worse than that.
He had pushed him to be better, to be more prepared and more confident than anyone else, saying, proudly, “I always treated him like a player, never as a son.”
The most disturbing thing about that sentence is that Johnny says it “proudly.” Sean will be 25 next month and if Johnny had it to do all over again, it sounds like he wouldn’t change a thing.
And that folks, is effed up.
Let’s just hope for the Rays sake, that Sean Rodriguez doesn’t end up like Todd Marinovic.
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Before you make a personal (outside) observation …why don’t you ask the SON about how he feels about how he was raised…
I’m betting he would say he was GRATEFUL for the way his father treated him because now he KNOWS he can play MLB and make millions of dollars!!!
In contrast if you were his father he might be writing about baseball players….. for peanunts…. instead of being one ……
And folks that would have been f___ upped for Alex Jr.
Thats all I’m saying….
If that’s all you’re saying, why the …… at the end of your post?
If anyone thinks being loaded with cash is better than having a father who actually looks on you as a son, then they are as messed up as Rodriguez snr.
I suspect this isn’t exactly in context. And having played ball with many a “coaches son” growing up, I can actually appreciate the attitude.
If that’s the case I guess Tiger Woods should have hated his dad.
Yea he treted his son like a ball player first.
What the f is wrong with that? Johnny gave him the tules and opportunity that all ball players dreme of in Miami.
I grew up all around it and went to school with Sean. I also played ball and competed with him since we were 8.
I think johnnys plan has worked out and your artikle is garbage.. Your kid must be a pine rider…. lmao
My parents always treated me like a son first and I grew up and got a PhD in molecular biology. No splinters in my ass.
My daughter is 6 months old and I will ALWAYS treat her as my daughter first, no matter what she is doing and no matter what I am doing. It is called being a good parent.