Posted on 04/04/2014 7:36:50 AM PDT by Morgana
Oops, that should be...
He was always a jerk, even back when he played for the Bengals.
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.
Exactly. Back when abortion was illegal, if the wife had a baby a man would dig in and work twice as hard. Because he was now responsible for another mouth to feed.
Only because we know the collective will pick up the bills.
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
It’s a business. It’s a job. Do your job.
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The player has a contract and he is working within the boundaries of that contract.
So you agree with me that it’s not just a “game”.
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.
In this particular job you get several months off to bond with your babies.
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And by contractual agreement, 3 days at the birth of the child.
Not only is Pro-baseball a business, it is one of the worst examples of crony capitalism in the country. Second only to Pro-football.
Apparently, you just don't get it.
Corporations > your family & children (even if you do have a contractual right & your boss supports your decision).
Game 7 of the World Series perhaps. But opening day? No.
So you agree with me that it’s not just a “game”.
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Baseball stops being “just” a game when you make your living from it.
Not only is Pro-baseball a business, it is one of the worst examples of crony capitalism in the country. Second only to Pro-football.
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Of course it’s a business. It’s hard to imagine anyone over the age of 15 or so not fully recognizing that.
And that also helps explain why the players have contracts, providing them with particular benefits, like the one being discussed here, that of 3 days of paternity leave to be at the birth of your child.
It’s hard to imagine anyone over the age of 15 or so not fully recognizing that.
Sandy Koufax refused to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur.
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.
LOL. I said hard to imagine, not impossible.
But I would have thought it impossible that Daniel Murphy would face negative commentary on freerepublic, you know the site that is: “pro-God, pro-life, pro-family”.
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