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Ron Darling: 1986 World Champion Mets Pitcher (1985 - 1991) & Emmy Award Winning Broadcaster (2007 - 2026)

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1988 NL East Champs: In 1988, Darling bounced back strong; having arguably his best regular season of all his Mets years. The Mets staff was now even stronger with the emergence of David Cone.  In the Mets second game of the year, Darling took a loss at Montreal. Over seven innings he gave up just two earned runs, but Pascal Perez held the Mets to a run in his 5-1 win. Shut Out: On April 12th at Shea Stadium, Darling pitched a three hit complete game five hit shut out, beating the Expos for his first win of the year. It was the first of his four shut outs that season & his first since July 1986. Shut Out: After a no-decision to the Cardinals at Shea, in which the Mets won the game 3-2, Ronnie threw his second shut out of the year.   On April 22nd, he shut out the rival Cardinals at Busch Stadium in an eight hit five K performance. After being held to a run by Jose DeLeon, Howard Johnson hit a three run 9th inning HR off Todd Worrell in the 4-0 win. Af...
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Ron Darling: World Champion Mets Pitcher (Part One: 1983-1987)

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Ronald Maurice Darling Jr. was Born August 19th, 1960, in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Hawaiian/Chinese mother and French/Canadian father. Darling speaks both fluent Chinese & French. Ron is the oldest of four brothers. The Darling family eventually moved to Millbury, Massachusetts, where he grew up remembering it being the best years of his life from ten to twenty years old. Darling grew up a Red Sox fan.  Cape Cod League Hall of Fame: Darling played baseball in the Cape Cod League & was considered one the league's best players in it's history finishing with a .336 batting average. In 2002 he was later inducted into the Cape Cod League Hall of Fame with eleven others including former Mets manager Buck Showalter. Yale: From 1979-1981 Darling attended Yale University where he majored in French & Southeast Asian history. Originally wanting to play both football & baseball, he chose to focus on the latter. He regrets not choosing to play football at Yale & missing t...
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