The Daniel Murphy paternity leave contoversy

Yeah, Boomer's being a jerk. But I think that people who get paid to fill the airwaves or the op-ed page, or the blogs, or whatever, often stake out a position on something just to give themselves a way to use up a 20 minute segment or column or whatever.  

Murphy should take the whole month off IMHO.  It's not like the Mets are going anywhere.

Yawn, ex jock says something stupid. 

I think ole booms also thought the Texans should keep matt schaub at qb.  That blows the "left handers are smarter theory".

IMO Boomer will come out and apologize soon because of all the criticism he s getting. 

Has no clue that  C Section is major surgery and harder to recover from. 

Go44dad, you took the words out of my mouth.

What passes for a controversy these days is when someone says something stupid and all the couch potatoes take to FaceBook or some such to write flaming commentary. 

To me, there is no controversy.  An employee asked his boss for time off and the boss agreed.  Apparently this is news just because it happened in sports and not at the local bakery shop or something.

Though I suppose if the boss had said no, that would've generated a whole spate of internet flame wars of its own.  Maybe we could boycott the business and demand the boss's firing, etc.  Why do I feel like some people were disappointed that they got cheated out of this?

This story and the Adams story are examples of too much cable and radio talk shows and not enough news. As I heard one sports talk show host say, "Our job is to make mountains out of mole hills."

Yes, and and they make mountains out of mountains too. For example a certain missing airliner.

Tonight on Sports Center there will be endless talk about Puig getting benched for being late to the park for the Dodgers home opener.   That's a legit story, but it will be talked to death.

As a Met fan if this would get rid of the Wilpon's... count me in.

1 day, 2 days, or two weeks, when it comes to your family a man has to do what he feels is best. I never heard of this player until a few day's ago, now I'm pulling for him.

It would have been a non-issue if it had happened in July.

There is no controversy.  There is idiocy on the part of Esiason.

You hear stupid comments from media folks all the time...and you always hear that one that makes you think "well, nobody will every make a dumber comment".  Then one day...someone always finds a way to do it.

Boomer...congrats....you did it.  You're number 1....until someone else comes along....the trophy is on the way to you