It’s a business. It’s a job. Do your job.
“EARLY” in my military career, there was a saying, “If the Army wanted you to have a wife and baby it would have issued you them”. Another saying, was “You need to be there at the launch, but not at the delivery”.
If he has a great season it will be forgotten. If he has a mdeiocre season it will be cited as an example of his lack of commitment when letting him go.
Well Murphy’s being there didn’t appear to make a difference in yesterday’s game. The NY sports crowd are fanatics, possibly on par with Philly.
None of our business. None of Boomer’s business either. If a fan doesn’t like it, find another team.
Don’t forget Bommer’s vitriol toward Tebow. There is some darkness in his soul. I guess we all have some darkness, but his is on full display.
Let’s see if baseball is standing next to him when he is at the end of his life, Boomer. I think it is called living life with no regrets!
I say good for him.
Boomer is an idiot.
I know a business owner who has some branches of his company in Canada. His guys there are legally entitled to five weeks of paternity leave at 70% pay. Each and every one takes advantage of it. He knows they are spending it out on the golf course and not changing diapers. Drives him nuts!
I hope Boomer and Craig never plan on taking a sick day unless they’re barfing up blood.
You are absolutly correct. Jobs come and go. Further, baseball is played at the pro level for only a few years. Marriage, kids and family are for the rest of your life. Kudos for having the correct priorities.
Boomer is an ass. I am now a Murphy fan.
It was just for ONE day...not like he was taking a week or more.
fanatics
and it shows
As a dad, I think it’s the most important job. It may not be a paying job, but after losing a fiancee and 3 stepchildren to be a week before our wedding (by a drunk), I know it is the best job, next to being a mom.
Game 7 of the World Series perhaps. But opening day? No.
Sorry folks, paternity leave for men is nothing more than the wussification of America. Being with his wife for the birth of a child is fine. The ballplayer, a millionaire, in a seasonal business, has an obligation to the team. Chances are his wife has a nurse along with parents, friends and inlaws or are only too happy to help out with the changing of the diapers. As they say on Broadway “the show must go on” or as the postal service says the mail goes thru in snow rain or sleet.
Its baseball.
My family comes before ANY job..