You always hear of the corporate guy retiring to “spend more time with his family.” I’ve never heard of one say “I’m retiring to START a family. Can’t see how playing a game would have ever stopped you from starting one. Baseball players don’t make love to their wives, girl friends or mistresses?
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A minimum of 81 away games during the regular season.
Maybe he’d like to start a family AND participate fully in the raising of his family. As in full time.
Your post sounds like a critique. Why?
The rigors of pro baseball certainly hasn’t stopped many other players from being good family men and Dads. Jeter sounds pretty selfish making his hundreds of millions, spending his youth womanizing, and suddenly quitting in his 40s to “start a family.”