Athletics’ player Brent Rooker has hit back at a fan who criticized him for feeding his baby a bottle during the Home Run Derby.
The baseball star, 30, was seen feeding his 11-month-old daughter on the sidelines of Monday night’s MLB game in an ESPN broadcast.
One fan slammed the sports star for fulfilling his fatherly duties – taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, in an attempt to call out Rooker.
‘Hey Rooker… did you really need to feed your baby on camera? Sometimes people just want to see you play,’ the disgruntled viewer wrote in the post.
But the doting dad hit back, writing: ‘Yes, it was necessary to feed my 11-month-old child her night time bottle at like 9.00pm.’
‘Thank you for asking,’ he sarcastically concluded.
Rooker shares Blake Eloise, 11 months old, and Blair Evelyn, three years old, with wife Allie Oliver.
The Home Run Derby is the MLB’s annual home run hitting competition, which serves as the lead-up to the MLB All-Star Game on July 15.
Athletics’ player Brent Rooker has hit back at a fan who criticized him for feeding his baby a bottle during the Home Run Derby
Rooker, who is a designated hitter and outfielder, hit 17 home runs but was eliminated in the first round of the competition.
The athlete doubled down on his family time after the game, sharing a joint post on Instagram with the official Athletics’ Instagram account.
The adorable snap featured a photo of his family of four and was captioned: ‘Proud of our guy,’ along with a green and yellow heart, which are his team’s colors.
The athlete was holding baby Blake in the snap, who herself was clutching a plastic water bottle, with his wife and elder daughter seated either side of him.
Fans were quick to share their thoughts on the Rooker’s hands-on parenting.
‘Seventeen home runs and feeding your kid… that’s Boss status,’ one user cheered.
Another chimed in: ‘Tell him Rook! Some people don’t get it. As a dad, I loved it. Better than your homer.’
‘Sometimes people think it’s cool to see you being what your kids know you for and that’s being Dad. Fellow Dads know,’ agreed a fan.
One fan slammed the sports star for fulfilling his fatherly duties – taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, in an attempt to call out Rooker who then hit back
Rooker shares Blake Eloise, 11 months old, and Blair Evelyn, three years old, with wife Allie Oliver
Rooker, who is a designated hitter and outfielder, hit 17 home runs but was eliminated in the first round of the competition
Rooker often shares pictures of his family to Instagram
‘Good on you! You’re a dad 24/7 and sometimes you have to do stuff like that,’ praised someone else.
Rooker often shares pictures of his family to Instagram. Last August, the baseball pro announced that he and his wife had a new addition to their family in a post shared online.
‘We are thrilled to have welcomed Blake Eloise into the world on 8/14/24,’ he wrote in his caption. ‘Allie, Blair and I are already so in love with our newest addition.’
Rooker also took to social media after the competition to congratulate Seattle Mariners’ player Cal Raleigh, who won his first All-Star Home Run Derby.
‘What a blast! It was an honor to compete against those guys and fulfill a childhood dream,’ he wrote in a post on X.
He continued: ‘Congrats to Cal and everyone else who made it a great night! Still hard to believe I get opportunities to do things like this.’
