“So instead of me normally doing what I normally would have done in the past, which is basically just to go and do a lot of things to him, I tried to exert my energy and frustration elsewhere to try to let it go. Bad job of trying to deal with it.”

This sounds like code for "I was going to do one infantile thing and instead chose to do another. The bottom line is, De La Rosa's behaviour warranted an infantile reaction of some sort. It's all his fault. Wah wah wah."

It certainly sounds weird. I would have figured they would have either

A) not talked about it, or just give some sort of one line answer like, "it was a personal issue, resolved".
or
B) explain a bit better

As it is now it just sounds like Sean Rodriguez is vaguely petulant and De La Rosa is vaguely offensive.

Rodriguez would not get into specifics over what led him to punch a locker after the Aug. 26 game, except to say it was how De La Rosa reacted when Rodriguez said something about the song that was being played in the (winning) clubhouse

Call me Maybe?

Rodriguez: Hey Dane, that sounds like the Beatles? What's that song?
De La Rosa: Your Mother should know.
Rodriguez: You talkin' about my mother! (slams fist)

Sean Rodriguez: 6'0, 200.
Dane de la Rosa: 6'7, 245.

Oh and Rodriguez didn't punch a locker out of frustration. He tried to punch de la Rosa and missed, causing his hand to hit the locker and break.

The only thing I can think of that De La Rosa could have done to be the less professional of the two would be to grab Rodriguez's hand and slam it into a locker.

The only thing I can think of that De La Rosa could have done to be the less professional of the two would be to grab Rodriguez's hand and slam it into a locker.

or maybe he defended Nickelback.

Rodriguez said there “definitely” are still issues, but he will be professional about it and not create any disturbances in the clubhouse.

He's off to an excellent start.

I like knowing which players are enemies with each other, especially when they are players as marginal as Rodriguez and De Le Rosa. It's like the battle of the frogs and the mice. It would be better still we had something like the biography screen in Baseball Mogul where we could learn that Rodriguez is sad because he misses Ryan Langerhans and Ricky Romero.

Rodriguez: Hey Dane, that sounds like the Beatles? What's that song?
De La Rosa: Your Mother should know.

Rodriguez: Better my momma than my sister, 'cause my sister ain't half bad.

This is like abusive husband speak. "Now look what you made me do! You made me break my hand out of anger!"

If I were a manager, I wouldn't allow music to be played over the clubhouse sound system. If a player wants to listen to music on headphones at his locker while preparing for a game, no problem. But there's just too much scope for making things more divisive; it's not worth it. You've got metal heads, salsa lovers, country fans, hip-hop, and who knows what. There's no consensus on that sounds good. And I'd susect that many players hate the music other players put on. I know damn well that if a co-worker blasted music I hate at a high volume, I'd resent it, and him. Just look at what happened to Sammy Sosa's boom box. So just don't play music in the clubhouse. Not even Japanese shoegaze...

If I were a manager, I wouldn't allow music to be played over the clubhouse sound system.

And yet the magical leadership qualities of one Dion Phaneuf stem from his ability to turn up the volume on the stereo in the Maple Leaf's locker room, according to Brian Burke. Seriously. Never underestimate what young professional athletes consider important and punchable.