Radio Hosts Rip MLB Player for taking Paternity Leave

rastrau · April 2014

These guys are such ignorant jerks. If only all of our DH/SOs got paid paternity leave! My DH is using up all of his vacation time to be home with us.

https://www.today.com/moms/radio-host-rips-mlb-player-paternity-leave-suggests-c-section-2D79476676

rainbowdashh · April 2014

Wtf? 3 days. He took his full 3 day "paternity leave" and they're calling him out? That's bull. I like how they said his wife wouldn't need his help during those first days. WRONG. I would have had a mental breakdown if I didn't have my husband around the first week. Seriously... 3 days. Those men are pathetic.

Ashes92813 · April 2014

I just saw this on FB!!! Boomer is an ASS!!!

Savvy122 · April 2014

This makes me all sorts of ragey.

Pepper6 · April 2014

I'm sure those same asshats think that it should be no problem for a woman to return to work after just a few days. I mean, you just push the baby out and then hire a nanny right?

TheMrs820 · April 2014

I agree people are dumb

kk627 · April 2014

This made me so angry when I read it this morning. He won't always play baseball, but his child will always be part of his life. Kuddos to him for recognizing what is most important.

nunzchucks · April 2014

Elective c-section to accommodate opening day? What a moron. Good for you, Daniel Murphy!

shellbell813 · April 2014

I just find this infuriating. What right do they have to weigh in on his situation. It's none of their business what he chooses to do!

bumpuser9343355 · April 2014

I commented on this in the Throat Punch thread too, but I'll say it again. Those radio guys are so out of line. One of them said something like "Your wife doesn't need you those first couple of days"...um, I bet most wives (including your own!) would beg to differ. Sure, playing professional sports is going to provide your family with a lot of opportunities, but that doesn't mean you have to sacrifice your time with them for one of the most important moments in your life. Get real. Three games in baseball (especially at the beginning of the season) mean absolutely nothing. You still have 150 games to play so shut up about it.

temursgirl · April 2014

To paraphrase so many drive-by posters on here, I feel really bad for their wives.

LindsayDesigner · April 2014

I love that Matt Lauer pointed out that a c-section is major abdominal surgery with risks to the mother and baby. Does that Boomer guy even have a family? His comments were so clueless. The world does not revolve around baseball.

rastrau · April 2014

BeesTimesThree said:

I commented on this in the Throat Punch thread too, but I'll say it again.[...]

Yeah, my bad. I didn't see this in the TP thread until after I posted it solo.

crhein26 · April 2014

So I get it...Professional Sports Athletes probably do miss out on a shit ton of things in their wives and their children's lives, and they are totally paid for it. But those guys are a bunch of MFDB's to call this guy out. How dare you judge and criticize someone for wanting to be there when their child is born? Sorry that you don't give two shits about your families radio show hosts, but apparently, no amount of money can take away being with his wife and child for the first 3 days of childs life. Kuddos for him!! I'm a Detroit Tiger fan through and through, but I just gained a whole lot more respect for this Mets player!!!

brooklyngirl46 · April 2014

As a Mets fan, I'm totally cool with Daniel being with his family. Honestly, I don't think that our season is going to come down to his missing 3 days. I think it'll come down to our lack of being good at anything...

k318 · April 2014

Good for him for spending time with his family! Those people talking smack can shove it.

kk627 · April 2014

Daniel Murphy's repsonse:

"I got a couple of text messages about it, so I'm not going to sit here and lie and say I didn't hear about it," Murphy said about the on-air criticism from WFAN Radio of his decision. "But that's the awesome part about being blessed, about being a parent, is you get that choice. My wife and I discussed it, and we felt the best thing for our family was for me to try to stay for an extra day -- that being Wednesday -- due to the fact that she can't travel for two weeks.

"It's going to be tough for her to get up to New York for a month. I can only speak from my experience -- a father seeing his wife -- she was completely finished. I mean, she was done. She had surgery and she was wiped. Having me there helped a lot, and vice versa, to take some of the load off. ... It felt, for us, like the right decision to make."

"We had a really cool occasion yesterday morning, about 3 o'clock. We had our first panic session," Murphy said. "It was dark. She tried to change a diaper -- couldn't do it. I came in. It was just the three of us at 3 o'clock in the morning, all freaking out. He was the only one screaming. I wanted to. I wanted to scream and cry, but I don't think that's publicly acceptable, so I let him do it."

***Heart melts*** He will be a great Dad and husband.

kbellizio3 · April 2014

The Mets organization and players were totally 100% cool with him leaving for 3 days to be with his wife. I posted about this on facebook today because it really made me angry. These guys know NOTHING. So ignorant. That guy is going to be a great dad.

Oh, and I wonder what these losers would say about my husband (who makes the primary income) taking a week of his vacation to spend with me and his child after she's born. Jerks.

pcourtade · April 2014

This pisses me the F off. It's only the first few days of his child's life, not a big deal. His wife only pushed out a baby. Not a big deal.
It's so sad that this is where we are today. That people are literally saying that just because he's a baseball player, he should put his job in front of his family. Could she have done everything without him, I'm sure she could have but he he knew that she needed him and he was there. I have a ton of respect for this guy. I'm not even going to comment on the c section thing because that's just ridiculous.

flojo973 · April 2014

I'm going to give Boomer the benefit of the doubt and assume that he suffered a bunch of concussions during his career that left him slightly brain damaged. And I don't know what Mike Francesca's excuse is. So ridiculous.

bumpuser9343355 · April 2014

rastrau said:

BeesTimesThree said:

I commented on this in the Throat Punch thread too, but I'll say it again.[...]

Yeah, my bad. I didn't see this in the TP thread until after I posted it solo.

No worries

) This one deserves its own thread for sure!

ElTrain5 · April 2014

Ha, I love Matt Lauer.

MrsCase1 · April 2014

I wanted to strangle those ignorant turds when I read the article on another site. Too much crap to comment on.

izzetoot · April 2014

brooklyngirl46 said:

As a Mets fan, I'm totally cool with Daniel being with his family. Honestly, I don't think that our season is going to come down to his missing 3 days. I think it'll come down to our lack of being good at anything...

BWAhahahahahaha! Im a Mets fan too, have been for years, and was thinking the same thing!

babyglo350 · April 2014

This flat out pissed me off. That ass wipe apologized this morning but you can't take back stupidity once you spew it out. Ugh... I can't even formulate my thoughts on this because it makes me so mad.

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