Delgado Could Miss Opening Day

[Gwreck]

Delgado: 'My child comes first'
Associated Press

Link - ESPN

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- New York Mets star Carlos Delgado could miss a few games at the start of the regular season for the birth of his child.

The first baseman said his wife was due to give birth to the couple's first child within a few days of the Mets' April 1 opener at St. Louis.

"My child comes first," he told the newspaper El Nuevo Dia.

Delgado did not say whether his wife, Betzaida Garcia, planned to give birth in New York or his native Puerto Rico. The Mets said Tuesday they were aware of the pregnancy.

Delgado, who had surgery on his left arm in October, hit .265 with 38 homers and 114 RBIs in his first season with the Mets. He then batted .351 with four homers and 11 RBIs in the postseason.

[Sandgnat]

God, this team can't even procreate right.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

This will prevent Julio Franco from retiring!

Consarn it.

[Guest KC]

She can't suck it up like the Bears' fan and have it a week earlier? Sheesh.

[Willets Point]

Good for him, he has his priorities straight.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Yes, he does. But I personally wouldn't mind if they induced labor on March 25 or so.

[Guest cooby]

Better then than in October

[DocTee]

Green sits for Yom Kippur, Delgado for his kid's birth-- what a bunch of freeloading loafers.

SC= astronomical.

[Elster88]

BTW, that's an incredible job with the thread title.

The title was completely true and is not what I originally what I thought it was....but it WAS about the player I though.t it was about.

[nymr83]

The problem here is obvious. Players need to impregnate their wives during Spring Training so that the birth will be safely tucked away in December.
If Delgado is expecting when he is he obviously knocked her up during the All-Star break, another reason to get rid of that embarrasing game.

SC=high for those dopes who couldn't tell

[Guest holychicken]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Yes, he does. But I personally wouldn't mind if they induced labor on March 25 or so.

Sweeet. Cause then I could say that his child and me have the same b-day! Another claim to fame for the world reknown holychicken!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Yup, that's part of my evil plan!

[Frayed Knot]

So here's the plan;
One of us has to go down to Fla towards the end of spring training and find the, by that point, very pregnant Ms Delgado. Then, after pausing a few moments to snap a some pictures for use in 'Wifey Watch', sneak up behind her and yell BOOOOO!!!!! at the top of your lungs.



Might induce an early labor, yaneverknow..

[MFS62]

Memo to self: These folks are nuts!

I actually laughed out loud at some of the posts in this thread.
Thanks for adding some fun to my day.

Later