Happy Father's Day!!!

[Stretch15]

Here's hoping all the fathers, soon-to-be-fathers, and wannabe fathers have a great day!

And one particular shout-out to AlleyAllen: here's hoping this Father's Day with your boy is especially sweet.

 

[Claws for Concern]

Here, here! Happy father's day to everyone on SportsJournalists.com

 

[markvid]

The same to all of you as well...

And to quote Ralph Kiner, on this Father's Day, we'd like to wish all of you a Happy Birthday.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Happy Father's Day! :) ...

And please don't celebrate your Dads on just this day alone.

Hell, I need to give my Dad lots of hugs for dealing with me through my teenage years - geez, car accidents, speeding tickets, boys, parties, boys, travel teams that took the entire weekend, boys, and all the other stuff that goes into being a parent.

 

[JoelHammond]

Please stay on topic, and have a Happy Father's Day.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

It's nice to be a father.
Just sayin'

 

[markvid]

It's nice to be a father.
Just sayin'

Agreed.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

OK, then.
To all our fathers, and to our sons and daughters.

Slainte!

 

[markvid]

What? NO Fat Tire?

:)

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Oops.sorry.
Forgot these.

 

[leo1]

this is a strange father's day for my family. it's sad because my the clock is ticking on my grandpa and he won't be around for another father's day. my mom is not having a very fun day. for me, this is the last father's day on which i won't be a dad.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

this is a strange father's day for my family. it's sad because my the clock is ticking on my grandpa and he won't be around for another father's day. my mom is not having a very fun day. for me, this is the last father's day on which i won't be a dad.

Holy ambiguity, Batman.
FWIW, one of the few things I've learned is that if you want to be a good father, be a good son. Or son-in-law.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

Spent the day with my 15-year-old soccer studdette and the above-mentioned 10-year-old Little Buddy, the two greatest people in the world.

Of course, I've been sitting on my butt for two-plus weeks in a back brace after having spinal fusion surgery, so it's not like we actually went out and did anything. Still, the quality is always better than that quantity.

My own father died 30 years ago Groundhog Day. And I still miss him.

 

[amraeder]

Nothing says Happy Father's Day like a call to dad from four time zones away. That's ok though, we'll do some father/son bonding at an Indians game when I head back his way in two weeks. Hope he's been dying to see the Devil Rays! (Unless I can talk dad into a road trip up to Detroit for the next series, which I think would be a good time.)

 

[JR]

HC & I had a nice dinner with The Twins who I think are slightly younger than the majority of people on this board. Dinner with 19 year olds is always fun because they really do live in a parallel universe.

Unfortunately, the Eldest was working, serving dinner to really, really rich fathers at the private golf club where he's working for the summer.

My dad passed away 25 years ago last week.

If he were still alive we'd have been watching the US Open together today

And he'd go on and on about Ben Hogan being the greatest golfer he ever saw and how he caddied in two Canadian Opens and how you "drive for show and putt for dough". :)

 

[Babs]

I just got off the phone with my dad and wanted to share something. First, note that I'm female. This is an important part of the story.

I don't talk about my work a ton with my dad, because he's not that into the craft of writing. He played a lot of sports growing up, so we're best talking sports itself. But I happened to mention something today about being one of few women in a certain context, and he seemed genuinely surprised that this would be an issue. Looking back, it was this gender-neutral attitude in my family that got me as far as I am today. Thanks Dad!

 

[Write-brained]

Unfortunately, I'm working on this, my fourth father's day. But we made up for it this weekend with a trip to the mall (for her) and a trip to a baseball game (for me), though she enjoys the ballpark food and the mascot.

The person I considered my father died 20 years ago last December when I was a teen. My biological father is around somewhere but not worth talking about, though I guess his being an asshole made me the doting dad I am now.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

The last time I saw my dad was when half of me was leaving him. But happy Father's Day to the rest of you all the same.

 

[Moderator1]

I did get two phone calls today, the second of which ended with, "Oh yeah, Happy Father's Day. Love you." So that's something.
My wife took me out for dinner, so that's something, too.

My dad has been gone 40-plus years. He would have played golf all morning and watched golf all afternoon, probably sounding just like JR's dad except he didn't caddy. He would have had his parrot nearby, either on his shoulder or somewhere else close. He really wanted the parrot to be able to say, "Son of a *****." Never did happen.

The parrot did learn how to say my dad's name in a real screechy voice because my mom would run in and say his name in a real screechy voice when he tried to teach the parrot to cuss. And that's what the parrot picked up. He'd say it and we'd laugh and then the bird learned to laugh and it was quite the cycle that would leave my mom cussing.

 

[markvid]

Ok, since we all usually open up on here, I'll do it as well.
Our kids were conceived by turkey baster route, aka in-vitro fertilization.
I was the problem (no swimmers), so we had to get donor sperm. I often, during the pregnancy, wondered how I'd feel knowing that the kids weren't my DNA. The moment they arrived, I cared less, and 11 months later (on Monday), I still care less. I can't tell you how my times I teared up looking at them today...the 3 healthy, happy, smily, giggly, beautiful children...MY kids.