Should we be expecting an apology from Mike Francesa next?
On Friday morning, WFAN host and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason offered his regrets for sharing his opinion on Daniel Murphy missing the Mets’ first two games of the season for the birth of his first child. Esiason suggested Wednesday he would have had his wife undergo a C-section, so as not to interfere with the start of the season.
“I was not telling women what to do with their bodies. I would never do that. That’s their decision, that’s their life and they know their bodies better than I do,” Esiason said Friday. “And the other thing, too, that I really felt bad about is that Daniel Murphy and Tori Murphy were dragged into a conversation and their whole life was exposed. And it shouldn’t have been.
“And that is my fault. That is my fault for uttering the word ‘C-section’ on this radio station. And it all of a sudden put their lives under a spotlight, and for that I truly apologize.”
Francesa followed Esiason’s initial comments with a 20-minute rant on how ridiculous it was for a player to miss games for paternity leave. The WFAN duo turned the spotlight on what had been a minor story. Murphy offered no apologies for his decision when he returned to the Mets lineup on Thursday, and manager Terry Collins vigorously defended his second baseman.
Esiason said he tried to reach out to Murphy on Thursday, but did not seem to touch base.
“I spoke with [Mets public relations chief] Jay Horwitz yesterday and was texting back and forth with [COO/co-owner] Jeff Wilpon, and I think Daniel — I can’t speak for Daniel — I think he wants to put everything behind him, he wants to try to play baseball, he wants to try to become a dad, he wants to try to do all the right things in life, and he has every right to do that,” Esiason said.