Chris Young's unborn baby will not be interfering with his next start

by Dex on Mar 4, 2008 7:35 AM PST in News

Being a new father and a little bit of a hippy, I find this kinda weird. Chris Young and his wife are expecting a baby on Friday, but that's when Young's next spring training start is and since it's so darn inconvenient to have to wait on a baby when you're scheduled to throw 40 pitches against some other club's B-Team, they're just gonna go ahead and induce labor early. Congratulations?

"The doctor's been awesome," Young said. "We sat down and went over my pitching schedule. My next outing is on Friday and Friday is actually the due date, the seventh, so he's going to induce and she'll be here a couple of days early."

Think about the kinds of strings they'll be pulling in the future.

"Daddy, my school play is on Friday. I'm gonna play a carrot."

"Daddy has to be in Seattle on Friday to pitch against the Damn Mariners. Tell your school to reschedule the play or to just have them rent an auditorium up in Washington."

"Daddy, I'm a carrot."

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Hippy #2 checking

..and I know you guys just love to hear this kind of stuff, but let me tell you the pain that Mrs Young is willing to put herself through for her hubby with an induction....it's waaay worse than normal labor (which is not exactly a walk in the park ya know). She's either a goddess or utterly nutso. Or, she's never done this before and has no idea what she's about to face.

Either way...congrats to the Big Guy :-)

Speaking of babies....Dex....need new pics please!!

My place Christina

by Christina on Mar 4, 2008 8:38 AM PST reply actions

This one was a hit with the grandparents

by Dex on Mar 4, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions

Looks like a ballplayer already!

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 4, 2008 9:28 AM PST up reply actions

I can see why!!

Buddha Baby!!! Thank you :-)

/baby lust

My place Christina

by Christina on Mar 4, 2008 10:27 AM PST up reply actions

omg

so precious!! i just wanna pinch his little cheeks :) what a cute little chubby bunny.

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Mar 4, 2008 12:19 PM PST up reply actions

how cute!!!!. =]

Laura

by padparazzi on Mar 4, 2008 5:02 PM PST up reply actions

Weird

isn't that a clear signal to your child that pitching a meaningless game is more important? I guess that's what you were saying and I pretty much repeated it.

If he's so worried about his pitching he should have planned to have the baby born in the winter.

by jbox on Mar 4, 2008 9:20 AM PST reply actions

How is preparing oneself...

...to do a job that will pay for that baby's future a bad thing?

Geoff
Ducksnorts, Knuckle Curve

by Geoff on Mar 4, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions

I seriously doubt

one spring training game this early will have much effect on CY's earning potential. I'm just thinking if he has the baby on a day he starts he could just pitch the day after. I just think it's weird, that's all.

by jbox on Mar 4, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions

What might be bad

IMHO... Inducing labor introduces an element to the pregnancy that isn't what would naturally happen and should be used when it's medically necessary to ensure the good health of the baby and/or mother. Talking your doctor into doing it so you can get a glorified workout in... I dunno.

by Dex on Mar 4, 2008 2:42 PM PST up reply actions

I'm surprised

she didn't have to get induced earlier. You know the kid's gonna come out about three feet tall at this point.

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 4, 2008 9:24 AM PST reply actions

Truedat

plus the hips of the kid are probably wider than the mother at this point.

by jbox on Mar 4, 2008 9:25 AM PST up reply actions

Hopefully

it'll have its dad's eyes and its mom's obliques.

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 4, 2008 9:28 AM PST up reply actions

Gotta send a message...

...to these kids early. You start breaking your schedule for 'em at this age and they'll be tyrannical slave-masters by the time they're two!

The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.

by Axion on Mar 4, 2008 10:11 AM PST reply actions

Catching up on this late, but

Medically unnecessary inductions have become normal procedures for the doctor's convenience. My wife's OB schedules almost all of his births. When we opted to go all-natural on our third, it threw his schedule into an uproar, he went along, but clearly was unhappy, and the hospital didn't like it much either. I was mostly upset because my wife wouldn't let me wear my catcher's mitt when I caught the baby.

"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!"

by Boilermaker19 on Mar 5, 2008 5:54 AM PST reply actions

congrats on all natural!

We had a similar situation. The on-call doctor showed up for his shift and within five minutes said, "Things aren't progressing, we're gonna have to induce labor or stick some meters in to see what's wrong." I said, "Lemme talk to my wife for a second." I gave her the Old Dex Pep Talk and five minutes later the baby was crowning and by 7:41, just over half an hour after the doctor said nothing was gonna happen without intervening, Elliott got himself born.

What's funny is the doctor who's shift was about to end was very much, "Let's just let things progress normally. No need to rush things." Apparently figuring that as long as he could get out the door without a baby head in his hand, he wouldn't have to stick around.

by Dex on Mar 5, 2008 6:30 AM PST up reply actions

Speaking of natural birth,

I have a kinda funny story about that- I was born on the same couch I was conceived on. I burst through at 7:06 AM and to this day my religious lunatic of a mother thinks I'm possessed by Satan because 7:06 just happens to be 66 minutes after 6.

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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev

by TheThirdGonzalez on Mar 5, 2008 9:42 AM PST up reply actions