We’re not talking about a baby born out of wedlock here, this is a husband and a wife.
I thought we were all pro-family here.
FWIW, there have been a number of "Major League Baseball" "paternity leave" situations involving unmarried players. The union contract does not "discriminate" against them, of course, because it would be politically incorrect if that were the case.
I thought we were all pro-family here.
I fail to see anything against pro-family values in the consideration that the married player figure out how to have the birth in the off-season, or, if the birth occurs in the in-season, he keeps up with his wife's and the baby's progress by telephone or Internet until an off-day from baseball allows him to see the wife and baby in person.
You might say that baseball (and some other sports to a lesser extent) is structurally anti-family because of all the travel and time away from wife and children that a player must endure. I don't see anything magic that can correct that without compromising the game as it is played. But players should be well aware of that when they choose pro sports as a career.