By Daily Mail Reporters and Associated  Press Reporter Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason has apologized for blasting New York Mets player Daniel Murphy for missing the first two games of the season while on paternity leave. Esiason flippantly declared on his WFAN morning radio show yesterday that Murphy's wife, Victoria, should have had a C-section before the opening day so her second baseman husband could play baseball. 'I'm sorry that he (Murphy) had to go through that. No man should have to go through that,' Esiason said on the Boomer & Carton show this morning, according to Jezebel. 'And certainly Daniel Murphy, who we both admire much as a baseball player as anybody else - and all I can say is that I truly, truly, feel terrible about what I put them through. So for that I certainly apologize.'
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Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason yesterday declared on his talk radio show that Daniel Murphy's wife should have had a C-section before opening day
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Murphy took the first two games off to be with his wife Victoria Murphy while she gave birth to their first child
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He apologized today for putting the couple's life under the spotlight
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Afternoon host Mike Francesa who called paternity leave a 'scam' and 'gimmick' is unrepentant
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Murphy said he doesn't regret his decision and has enjoyed spending time with new son Noah
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