What is Ron Darling?
[[File:Ron Darling, April 2009 cropped.jpg|right|thumb|Ron Darling in 2009.]] '''Ronald Maurice Darling Jr.''' (born August 19, 1960) is an American former right-handed [[starting pitcher]] in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He played for the [[New York Mets]], [[Montreal Expos]] and [[Oakland Athletics]]. Darling currently works as a [[color commentator]] for national baseball coverage on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]. He was born in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]]. On May 6, 2019, Darling announced that he had been diagnosed with [[thyroid cancer]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mets-broadcaster-ron-darling-announces-cancer-diagnosis-hopes-to-return-to-booth-in-a-month/ |title=Mets broadcaster Ron Darling announces cancer diagnosis, hopes to return to booth in a month |first=Matt |last=Snyder |website=[[CBS Sports]] |date=May 6, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7f722f9a Ron Darling] at SABR (Baseball BioProject) *[https://www.thebaseballgauge.com/player.php?playerID=darliro01 Ron Darling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726220212/http://www.thebaseballgauge.com/player.php?playerID=darliro01 |date=2019-07-26 }} at Baseball Gauge *[https://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=0345 Ron Darling] at Ultimate Mets Database *[http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060113&content_id=1295290&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym Darling chats about role as Mets analyst (chat transcript)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, Ron}} [[Category:1960 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:New York Mets players]] [[Category:Montreal Expos players]] [[Category:Oakland Athletics players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Hawaii]] [[Category:People from Honolulu]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}