“Rob Works for His Father’s Construction Firm”

It is not irony, but rather some version of meaningful coincidence, that Rob Deer — who distinguished himself as a ballplayer for his commitment to the three true outcomes — that Deer’s options for offseason employment (at least ca. 1987) would so obviously have just one possible outcome.
Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
You’re assuming this was just an offseason gig?