Atlanta first baseman s has battled ADD since his high school years

To his credit, Adam LaRoche took full blame and responsibility for his slack play that keyed a big inning and did not try to claim that his ADD was a factor.

His play was no different from a few years ago when Andruw Jones Cadillac'ed a fly and muffed it. Bobby Cox benched him a few games, too. He doesn't do that anymore, and you can bet you won't see LaRoche repeat his mistake, either.

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To his credit, Adam LaRoche took full blame and responsibility

Correct, nobody even mentioned the ADD until the media brought it up.

At the very least LaRoche has learned a lesson and given us another example to show to our teams about why they should always hustle.

He is not the only player who fights this problem

I cant believe this. the guy made a bone head play. Do we have to see an excuse for everything?

Son has ADD and it seems to be more of a problem in his class work than on the ball field. There are times though that he loses concentration on the field and people think that he's not paying attention, or just has a lazy attitude. He's a pitcher catcher so this helps keep him focused.Just another hurdle if he wants to make it to the next level.Does anyone know that if someone has Add is this a major draw back to being scouted or is this not much of a issue if you have the talent and the desire to succeed,and as TRhit said there are many athlete's who have to deal with this problem.