For Father’s Day, Marcus Semien and other Rangers dads share stories of winning a championship amid ‘whirlwind’ circumstances.
Texas Rangers Marcus Semien and his children Isaiah, Amelie, Eli and Joshua at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, May 15, 2024.For 13 Rangers players who welcomed new babies in 2023, the World Series championship wasn’t that year’s biggest event. Some became fathers for the first time. Some dealt with the unknowns of premature births. The performance of professional athletes on the field often overshadows their home life.
Rachel’s water had broken about two weeks before her due date. She was heading to the hospital. She’d notified team officials since it happened in the middle of a game. They relayed the message to the dugout and Maddux became the message-bearer. Dunning, in his words, “bolted” up to the clubhouse, flagged down an MLB security officer and gained permission to use his phone. In a sweat, he reached Rachel on FaceTime.“She was doing the dishes,” Dunning said.
He also does not take for granted the impact of having a large group of young fathers in the same clubhouse.“You play this game as a child with dreams of playing at this level,” he said. “Our kids are very fortunate to get to experience this part of it. I love having them around. It puts everything in perspective. I used to beat myself up pretty bad over starts and then after you have kids, whether you pitch a shutout or give up 10 runs, they want to play.
“It was all a lot,” Heaney said. “The progress wasn’t always linear. But the doctors and the hospital staff were great, they kept reassuring us. It just took us time to feel comfortable with the whole idea of, like: ‘Am I allowed to touch my baby?’As they approach their first birthday, both girls are doing well. They’ve even made their first road trip as a family — to Arizona for Game 3 of the World Series.
Alexis, who played soccer at Virginia while Josh played baseball, understood the performance-based nature of the game. You don’t get results, you don’t stay employed. What neither counted on was the level of understanding GM Chris Young had. Sborz had dealt with biceps tendinitis early in the season, then recurring hamstring tightness. Sborz tried to pitch through it; Young used the IL as a last-ditch effort to get him healthy.
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