The game and the business go on without the player. Imagine the bad PR if the team forbade him from taking leave. Maybe it was in baseball’s best interest to allow him to take the leave.
It was his **wife’s** responsibility to have consideration for the many, many, many families that depend on the success of the team. Remember, please, that when the team does well, so do the hundreds ( thousands?) of vendors who support the sport.
Big girls understand this and do what is necessary.
I did not say that the team should have forbidden paternity leave.
I DID say that the wife should have been a big girl and thought about more than just herself.