Tag: Ron Darling

SNY Releases Spring Training Broadcast Schedule, Daniel Murphy Joins

SNY released their spring training broadcast schedule Monday morning, the same day pitchers and catchers reported to spring training. The first game on SNY will be the Mets’ Grapefruit season opener on Saturday, February 24 at 1:00 pm E.T. The terrific trio of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling will man the booth this spring, along with field reporter Steve Gelbs. Former Mets...

Remembering Mets’ Shortstop Bud Harrelson

On January 11, former Mets player, coach, and manager Bud Harrelson passed away. Harrelson had quite a run in the Mets’ organization, including holding the distinction of being the only person to wear a Mets’ uniform for both their 1969 and 1986 world championships. Although he was a gifted defender, the native of Niles, California, won just one gold glove during his 16 major league...

Morning Briefing: Starling Marte Looking for Clearance to Play in Winter League

Good morning, Mets fans! Mets veteran outfielder Starling Marte is looking to play in the Dominican Winter League, but there are some hoops to jump through prior to doing so. Marte, who missed most of the last two months of the 2023 season due to a groin injury, needs to get the Mets’ clearance to play in the winter league. Mike Mayer of Metsmerized Online reported that Marte was at...

Morning Briefing: Ron Darling Elected To College Hall Of Fame

Good morning, Mets fans! The College Baseball Foundation revealed the latest inductees into the College Baseball Hall of Fame, and among the 12 honorees is Ron Darling, a former Met and the current broadcaster for the team. Darling, who was a student at Yale from 1979 to 1981, is set to be officially inducted during the ceremony scheduled for February 15, 2024. Now onto the morning briefing!...

Top 5 GKR Moments in 2022

We’ve reached the final day of 2022 and, as ever, we were treated to some incredible moments from the best booth in baseball over the past 12 months. Let’s take a look at five of the best moments from Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling before we officially wave goodbye to 2022. Where Is India? Our favorite booth is at its best when Gary, Keith and Ron are all together....

OTD 1986: Mets Win Second World Series Title

It seemed like the baseball gods intended for the Mets to win it all and the Red Sox curse to continue. But the postscript to Game 6’s epic theater was anything but a formality. Sunday rain let Boston manager John McNamara give Bruce Hurst the starting nod. Hurst proceeded to reinforce his credentials for series MVP — an award all but in possession before the Mets’ epic comeback two nights...

Taking A Look At Mets’ 100 Win Seasons

On October 4, in the second game of a doubleheader on a cold, wet, and dreary night at Citi Field, the 2022 New York Mets did something the organization had done just three other times in its 61-year history, win 100 games in a season. The achievement was bittersweet, as earlier that night, the Mets had been eliminated from first-place contention in the National League’s eastern division....

OTD 1985: An Independence Day Epic in Atlanta

“I saw things I had never seen before,” Keith Hernandez said later. Hernandez had hit for the cycle and it registered as pretty ordinary on the scale of events that took place at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. What began on Independence Day evening and lasted until 3:55 a.m. on July 5 became a regular-season saga unlike any other. There were 29 runs, 46 hits, 37 left on base, 43 players,...

Memorable Games in Mets-Cardinals History

Dramatic confrontations between the Mets and Cardinals are nothing new. The incredible ninth-inning comeback and the bench-clearing incident in April was just the latest in a lineage of notable games. Here are a few of the best—ranging from historic, thrilling, devastating, and unending. April 11, 1962 It all goes back to day one. The Cards were host to the inaugural regular season game in Mets...

Greatest Pitching Duo Seasons in Mets History

You certainly know the elite seasons by one pitcher: Seaver 1969, Gooden 1985, and deGrom 2018 — just to name a few. But as we imagine the possibilities of two top-line starters in the future Mets rotation, here’s the standard they have to meet. As a point of reference, the primary criteria taken into account for this list were adjusted ERA (or ERA+), pitching bWAR, and influence on...

MMO’s Great Eight Mets Teams: Team 8

People have been asking us all winter what we’ve been doing to pass the time during the MLB lockout. I’ll tell you what we do here at MMO — we come up with ideas that not only help us stay busy, but will help you all stay busy, too. Talking about the best teams and/or players in New York Mets history is always a good debate to have — especially during the cold winter months — but what if we...

A Fan’s Reflection on Keith Hernandez and the Mets

When something breaks pertaining to Mets history, such as the recent news that the club will be retiring Keith Hernandez’s number, I’m happy to be a more “mature” Mets fan. When number 17 joins the other retired numbers high above left-center field at Citi Field, it will be a major milestone in Hernandez’s journey of nearly 40 years with the Mets. I remember when I...

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