Many a championship in baseball has been won or lost by a margin of only ONE game. Every game counts when the records are added up at the end of the year.
Yeah, that Murphy, obviously not a gamer. He missed one ballgame last year, potentially cost the Mets the World Series. I hope the fan base doesn’t blame him too much for potentially blowing the World Series this season. For missing the first two games of the home opener against the Nats on account he took off because of his offspring was being born.
But seriously, it’s absolutely true that getting to the play offs has been decided by one win. I know if I was a manager I would think it was cool and tip my cap if a guy decided to play while his kid was being born, and that doesn’t just go for pro-sports. He knows his situation, hopefully. But if a guy thought he should really be with his wife, but didn’t have the option, I would think that situation is potentially WAY more trouble than the guy missing the first two games and coming back without any chips on the shoulder for the whole remaining season.
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