CLEARWATER, Fla. — It was a busy 48 hours for Kyle Schwarber. The free-agent outfielder reached a four-year, $79 million deal with the Phillies last Tuesday at around 10:30 p.m., and nearly an hour later, his wife, Paige, went into labor and had to be rushed to the hospital. He didn’t get much of a chance to celebrate his big payday.
“Luckily I didn’t take a sip of anything,” he said in a press conference on Monday, “so I could drive her to the [hospital]. It was definitely a whirlwind. But it was probably the best day of my life, to be able to sign that deal and then be able to go right to the hospital to see your kid being born. It’s crazy how you can fall in love with something so instantly. It was definitely the best day of my life.”
After Paige gave birth to the couple’s first child — Kade — Schwarber FaceTimed a good friend. It was Phillies hitting coach Kevin Long. He pointed the camera to Kade, who was curled up on his chest. “Look at this thing,” he told Long, with excitement.
