Tucker Barnhart wanted to make one thing perfectly clear: He was not ignoring his duties as a father-to-be. He was keeping an eye on the Reds game on the Gameday. app at the Indianapolis hospital where his wife, Sierra, was prepared to deliver the couple's second child.
“Sierra was kind of napping,” Barnhart said. “She had gotten her epidural, but she wasn’t in the position to start pushing yet or anything like that, so we’re playing the waiting game. I had some time to kill, so I was watching the game and obviously trying to keep up with everything – but be very much in on the childbirth, yes, for sure.