Aug
27
Robertson will be uniform tonight following birth of his son
ByVia Mark Feinsand, setup man David Robertson and his wife became the parents of a baby boy earlier today. Believe it or not, David will actually be in uniform for tonight’s game, which is kinda nuts. Take a day, man. You just became a dad. No idea if he’s actually available to pitch, but he’ll be with the team anyway. Congrats to the Robertsons.
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This dude just became my favorite Yankee…
Way to go, D-Rob! : -)
How could you not love this guy? 6th all-time in assists, and now this?
I had a baby girl at night and was at my 10am meeting the next morning after preparing my reports during the night.
not impressed.
Your story would be more impressive if you were a woman…
BOOM!
Congrats D-Rob, dedication to the cause.
I wish ballplayers would exercise better family planning and restrict conception to February through June!
Hats off to D-Rob.
It’s like I said yesterday, there is no such thing as paternity leave in the middle of a pennant race. I knew he’d be available. It’s good to see ballplayers who care about baseball as much as this.
*sigh*
Hope your boss ain’t an idiot like you and would grant you a paternity leave so you can be beside your wife when your wife is screaming her head off from the pain of child birth.
If you can find a wife, that is.
Pennant race is this year but he’d have his kid for the rest of his/the kid’s life.
And, because he was born in late August the kid won’t have Dad around on his b-day for the next 10 years minimum. So, D-Rob should’ve taken the day off.
Congrats to the Robertsons! Maybe in 20 years we’ll have a short kid striking out 13 K/9 again.
Tiny High Socks! Yay!
what nonsense…take the day off….he will plenty of days off if we don’t start playing better ball
day off…give me a break….and he makes a pretty nice dollar playing a game…nuff said
Damn.
I thought it would take him longer than a few hours to figure out I’m the baby-daddy.
It was supposed to be our secret, Erin
I just celebrated the birth of my third son on Thursday and any excuse to get off work, I’m salary and get paid the same regardless what I work. I’m not taking paternity leave or anything but the first week IMO is very important. Plus that “excuse” is something you cannot get back, every moment spent around a new baby is priceless. Congrats to D-Rob and his wife, here’s to a healthy baby!
Given that he has probably either been awake or on a plane since the moment he left Cleveland, and that he got 4 outs yesterday I would be pretty shocked if Joe used him tonight. Seems to me he probably should have just stayed with his family tonight and flown back tomorrow. But I have to say that as a Yankees fan I am impressed by his dedication.
“No idea if he’s actually available to pitch, but he’ll be with the team anyway.” Hope you are not talking about the baby–unless he’s a left, of course.
I’ve found that, with some exceptions, there are two kinds of reactions for dude sports fans re: the birth of a player’s child:
1. Reactions from those who have never had a kid, and
2. Reactions from those who have had a kid/really want a kid in the near future.
Not shockingly, those who’ve had kids get it when a guy decides to take time off. Those who haven’t had a kid…tend to disagree with the player’s decision to take time off.
Well, I had my first kid earlier this year. And I can say, unequivocally, it is the most amazing thing possible on the face of this earth. I mean nothing else comes close. Your team winning, doing well at school/work, even falling in love are all awesome; but you can wrap your head around them. They’re understandable.
By contrast, having a kid is not only incredible, but it is also mind blowing. I found it impossible to wrap my head around the shere craziness of the fact that I helped create human life. And there she is, staring back me…I mean, it’s insane! I wanted to bask in that fact as long as I could. I was lucky enough to get three weeks of paternity leave and it still felt way too short…
I cannot imagine flying to play in a regular season baseball game the night my first child was born. Can’t do it. I wish D-Rob made another choice. At least take one day. He’ll never get this time back.
My stance is to not judge after he was actually there for the birth. You never get that back.
Kid will be about 8 weeks in November. D-Rob will be done with the season just in time for a screaming two month-old.
Mariano Robertson.
Strange name.
His wife is quite attractive. Will be a good looking kid, too.
I’m at the game right now. Robertson’s pitching as I type this. Congrats!
I’m at the game right now. Robertson is pitching as I type this. Congrats!