[wintertime]

It isn't just a game. It is a multi-multi-multi- million dollar business that supports my vendors that service this activity. A **lot** of families and kids seriously depend on it for their very existence.

The wife is a girl-child. Real women would understand that she is NOT the center of the universe.

[dfwgator]

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.