Gettin' Ziggy With It - Kaylin has arrived!!

by Brad Ziegler on Oct 29, 2007 9:35 AM PDT in News

She's finally here!!!

Kaylin Brooke Ziegler was born on Wednesday, October 24th, at 4:58 PM. She weighed 5 lbs, 7 oz. (yes, she's TINY!!) and was 18 and 1/2 inches long. Both Kaylin and her mama are doing very well - 100% healthy. They were able to leave the hospital together on Friday afternoon. We're extremely excited, extremely happy, and extremely tired, all at once! :) It's great being a daddy.

Also, I noticed that Blez mentioned that I had signed a minor league contract with the A's. I'm very happy with the contract, and I eagerly await the opportunity to try to make the big league team out of spring training.

Here are a few of the hundreds of pictures taken over the weekend of my newborn daughter...

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Congratulations, Brad and family!

She's beautiful! Welcome to parenthood. Enjoy the ride.

by A'sfansince1970 on Oct 29, 2007 9:25 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations! To the Ziegler Family

She is a cutie and Congratulations to both Kristi and you Brad.
See you soon.
"Hey coach, put me in, I am ready to play!"
ha ha... can't let this go... GO RED SOX... World Series CHAMPS! 07

by Yas822 on Oct 29, 2007 9:26 AM PDT reply actions

Aw! She's such a tiny little thing.

The photo of her in your glove is adorable!

"That doesn't happen in Spiderman."

by Jennifer on Oct 29, 2007 9:49 AM PDT reply actions

awesome, awesome, awesome-

and congrats, congrats, congrats!!!
(on the new arrival, but also on the new contract and I think we're all stoked for you!)

by still bills kingdom on Oct 29, 2007 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

congrats to the Ziegler family

here's hoping to see you pitching for the Oakland A's in 2008!

by OaklandSi on Oct 29, 2007 10:06 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations!

Hope to see you pitching in the green and gold in 2008, and maybe Kaylin will follow in your footsteps by 2032!

Pitchers and catchers report February 9, 2008! (tentative)

by Englishmajor on Oct 29, 2007 10:18 AM PDT reply actions

hey

AN ate my earlier comment!

CONGRATS to you and your wife, Brad! Kaylin is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!

by gotgreen on Oct 29, 2007 10:24 AM PDT reply actions

Congrats, Ziggy ...

I think you might have just done something right.

"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback

by devo on Oct 29, 2007 10:41 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations

in a couple years, she'll be running around the field on the annual A's wives' softball game!

Lots of great news in a slow time for an A's fan!

Congrats!

"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other." - Jack Handey

by JJ on Oct 29, 2007 10:41 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations, Ziggy!

This is so awesome. Buckle up because it goes so quickly. My daughter will be three in January and I'm betting that most ANers remember the day she was born!

by Tyler Bleszinski on Oct 29, 2007 11:25 AM PDT reply actions

congrats on such a beautiful baby

"Length matters, and if anyone tells you otherwise they're just trying to spare your feelings."-green star oakland

by F171615 on Oct 29, 2007 11:51 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations to you and your wife!

The picture of her in your glove is adorable

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Oct 29, 2007 12:18 PM PDT reply actions

Wow, congrats on both accounts!

She's a beautiful baby, and congrats on the new contract too!

I love how nonchalant you Zieglers look before and after the birth. Just another day...

by nickolai on Oct 29, 2007 12:29 PM PDT reply actions

Game face

"Their batters are patient to the point that it's annoying." -Ryan Franklin, Seattle Mariners

by Helloooo 1st on Oct 29, 2007 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Congratulations to the new mom and dad

And welcome to the world, beautiful new baby.

by lurkerD on Oct 29, 2007 12:58 PM PDT reply actions

Great news!

Best thing in life, and you'll soon discover the true meaning of "tired."

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 29, 2007 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

gosh she's cute!

I LOVE the picture of her in the glove--that is going to be one she'll treasure throughout her life.

Congratulations!

"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King

by batgirl on Oct 29, 2007 1:47 PM PDT reply actions

Congratulations!

Thanks for sharing this with us, and I echo all above in wishing the best for you & your family and we hope to see you in the green & gold.

Cheers!

by sslinger on Oct 29, 2007 2:31 PM PDT reply actions

Congratulations Brad

That's awesome. She's darling. And I saw Urban mention your name on his mailbag column as a possibility for the pen next year. I along with the rest of AN are pulling hard for ya. Till then, enjoy fatherhood! All the best.

My name is not Raul. It is RaulHuKilledU. Or just Sean if you want.

by raulhukilledu on Oct 29, 2007 3:11 PM PDT reply actions

Kool!

And kudos on konforming with the klassic kode, that big league pitchers give their kids names beginning with K.

Kongrats!

Well I used to live the night life, but now the night life's living me.

by FreeSeatUpgrade on Oct 29, 2007 4:18 PM PDT reply actions

My wife picked out the name...

...with my ok.

I get to pick it out if/when we have a boy :)

by Brad Ziegler on Oct 29, 2007 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions

I guess this proves you're starter material!

Or were you called-upon to provide relief?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 29, 2007 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions

Congrats!

Enjoy the off-season getting to know your little one!

"Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all games and holes are created equal." --George F. Will

by anomaly_kat on Oct 29, 2007 4:34 PM PDT reply actions

Congratulations, Brad

And I hope to see you pitching at the Oakland Coliseum some time next year.

Hey, if you get a chance, would love to hear your take on the 2007 World Series, or at least what you might have gotten a chance to see. Do you think the lay-off affected the Rockies, or were the Red Sox just the better team? How do you feel when you see someone like Okijima pitch, or Josh Beckett?

by richwol on Oct 29, 2007 5:51 PM PDT reply actions

Congrats, Proud Papa!

I absolutely LOVED the photo of the baby with the caption: My baby girl...

You have every right to be proud. She's adorable!

by Fungo on Oct 29, 2007 6:05 PM PDT reply actions

Great to hear baby and mama are doing well

Congratulations Brad!
Parenthood is rough but great.

Hope to get out to Spring Training again this year and meet you.

by easyraider on Oct 29, 2007 6:08 PM PDT reply actions

More congratulations from me, Brad!!

And everyone else is right -- she's beautiful!

"And Julio Franco is batting right-handed!" -- Wayne Hagin, A's radio play-by-play, mid-80s

by Nick on Oct 29, 2007 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

Congrats on your beautiful baby girl!!!

Go A's!!!! Mike Scioscia is a fat tub of lard

by 3Chavy3 on Oct 29, 2007 6:39 PM PDT reply actions

Sweet. That might just be the biggest day...

...of your life. Not much can top the birth of your first child.

Thanks for sharing it with us.

by Flashfire on Oct 29, 2007 8:26 PM PDT reply actions

Aww how cute!

Congrats!

"I never saw a hooligan I did like. They're like left-handed pitchers, they all have a screw loose somewhere." - The Asphalt Jungle

by drmmerchk on Oct 29, 2007 9:00 PM PDT reply actions

felicidades

enjoy the amazing experiences that parenthood brings.

"Baseball- like movies, newspapers, and magazines- has fallen into the hands of rich, vulgar people who neither love or understand it." - Hal Crowther

by 67MARQUEZ on Oct 29, 2007 9:01 PM PDT reply actions

YAY BERT...

...AND KAYLIN!!!!!!!!! (with a heart for the dot over the "i" I hope)

May she always have great hair.

-Cindi

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Oct 29, 2007 9:39 PM PDT reply actions

congrats!

Congrats on everything. Hope to see you and your family in Oakland soon!

by twinkle toes on Oct 29, 2007 11:03 PM PDT reply actions

She's a cutie...

she has a lot of hair for a newborn. Congrats to you and your wife. Is this the first grandchild for your parents?

by IM4Oakgal on Oct 29, 2007 11:41 PM PDT reply actions

Yes...both sets of grandparents.

by Brad Ziegler on Oct 30, 2007 6:24 AM PDT up reply actions

They must be walking on air.

A first grandchild is so special and you know you won't ever want for sitters! Thanks for sharing pictures. I hope you keep doing it after April when you become the new go to guy on the A's. {smile}

by IM4Oakgal on Oct 30, 2007 3:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, THAT's kind of personal.

Some might even say "controversial" (but I wouldn't). Just don't hurt yourself, okay?

The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus

by The Dogfather on Oct 30, 2007 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

She's beautiful -- and from the look of

some of those pix where she's in purple, a future submariner.

"It was OK," Swisher said. "I got the shoulder down, but I didn't wrap. You gotta wrap and drive."

by LAXile on Oct 30, 2007 9:45 AM PDT reply actions

Way to go, Ziggy!

Baby girls are awesome, and I've got two. Well, they're not babies anymore.

Congrats to you and the wife. Did you feel your heart stretch to a size you didn't know was possible when you first saw your daughter? I remember that feeling well. You're going to love being a dad, and I bet you'll be a great one. She's too cute!

"Just because the horseradish is a cultivar of different color and geographic origin doesn't make it less of either." - monkeyball

by McFood on Oct 30, 2007 2:02 PM PDT reply actions

Good times!

Lots of late evenings ahead for you. First two months aren't bad....but by late January you'll be having difficulty keeping the gleam out of your eyes when you and the wife talk about ST.

I have three daughters who are just about grown and gone. The time passes so quickly and nowadays I contemplate Butterfly Kisses that seemed like yesterday.

The stakes just went up on that right arm of yours. Go get em.

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Oct 30, 2007 7:49 PM PDT reply actions

Tickled Purple

WHAT A PRETTY GIRL!! Congrats!!

Save that glove....and show her when she's grown up how she started out in Dad's hand and then give her a big hug with that glove around her. AWESOME.

by StrikeThree on Nov 3, 2007 1:01 AM PDT reply actions