Another head-scratcher

[MartinonMTV2]

Ridiculous extremes are the lifeblood of today's mediocre sports columnist.

 

[NightHawk112005]

Yes. I'm sure that's just how he'd put it, too.

"In retrospect, son, I wish I'd been there for your delivery. I mean, I didn't get a decision."

(If you're going to make the argument, don't go out to ridiculous extremes.)

Ridiculous extremes are the lifeblood of this board.

Who are we saying is going to ridiculous extremes? If it's me, this columnist set it up for such. It's a ridiculous thought, which opens it up to such scenarios. If the pitcher had chosen to make his start instead be at the birth of his child I guaran-damn-tee you he'd have to answer why he wasn't there and his kid may not understand. My kids, even at a young age, have already been curious about their birth stories. Do you think it would be better if it was a one-hit win?

That's not really a guarantee, actually. I personally didn't give a damn about hearing about my birth and never bothered to ask my parents about it. Some kids will want to know, and some won't. But it's not smart to guess they won't, because you're playing with fire.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

The obvious answer is that these two should have ****ed in February so there wouldn't be a conflict.

 

[jr/shotglass]

That's not really a guarantee, actually. I personally didn't give a damn about hearing about my birth and never bothered to ask my parents about it.

Nor did I. Which is why I believe a good bit of this is soccer-parent hand-wringing.

As was mentioned earlier, we're only a generation removed from it being the norm for fathers to remain in the waiting room.

 

[Turtle Wexler]

But now we're giving birth to a generation where it's the norm for mommy to post the 5,000-word "birth story" on her public blog within a week of the delivery. Where it's the norm not only for dads to be in the delivery room, and to take pictures, but to live-Tweet the delivery. And then take six weeks of paternity leave.

 

[Stitch]

But now we're giving birth to a generation where it's the norm for mommy to post the 5,000-word "birth story" on her public blog within a week of the delivery. Where it's the norm not only for dads to be in the delivery room, and to take pictures, but to live-Tweet the delivery. And then take six weeks of paternity leave.

I wish the U.S. had paid paternity leave, but the U.S. is backwards in so many ways with vacation and sick time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave

 

[YGBFKM]

Ridiculous extremes are the lifeblood of this board.

This true.

Ridiculous extremes are the lifeblood of today's mediocre sports columnist.

This is funny.