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Ravens’ Correa relishes new role; Gausman takes lessons of father to heart

For one Orioles pitcher, Father’s Day offers the chance to reflect on the importance of having a passionate father. For one Ravens linebacker, the day is a reminder of the joys of being a parent himself.

Kevin Gausman wouldn’t be where he is without his “passionate” dad, Clair, who urged the youngest of his three children to continue with his career in baseball, even when it seemed as if it didn’t promise much of a future. Kamalei Correa, meanwhile, has found “a new breath of life” since the birth of Reign, his “special” daughter who begins every day with a smile.

This will be Gausman’s 27th Father’s Day with Clair, and Correa’s first with Reign. Without those paternal bonds, life, they well know, just wouldn’t be the same.

Of all the things Ravens linebacker Kamalei Correa has learned in the exactly half-year he has been a dad to daughter Reign, the most important is that there is no perfect playbook for fatherhood.

Believe him; he tried to read one. It came close. In Correa’s pursuit of good parenting, he devoured “The New Dad’s Playbook: Gearing Up for the Biggest Game of Your Life,” former Ravens teammate and tight end Benjamin Watson’s 2017 “game plan to being the best partner and the best father.”

Correa, 24, called it “life-changing.” Many of the lessons Watson, 37, has learned and relearned — his fifth child was born in 2015 — prepared Correa for his daughter’s arrival and early months. But there’s only so much a book can tell you about, say, gastrointestinal distress; the rest, you have to figure out yourself.

Which often means going back to Mom. Or Google. Or his own gut.

“If there’s something wrong, if she’s got a cough or something, then I’ll call her,”