Ronald Maurice Darling, Jr. (born August 19, 1960) is an American former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling currently works as a color commentator for national baseball coverage on TBS as well as for the Mets on both SNY and WPIX.
He is a member of the 1986 Mets and played with former teammate and current network partner Keith Hernandez. He also works with Gary Cohen.
He joined the network in 2006 as he broadcasts New York Mets Season Games and Post Game Extra for SNY. He even appears on Mets Post-Game Live as the special guest pitching analysis for the show. Also on Mets Pre-Game Live, Mets First Pitch, Mets Playoffs Live, Mets First Pithc: Playoff Edition, Mets On Deck: Playoff Edition and Mets Playoffs Extra.
He only appears on the Pre/Post-Game shows when he is not at the booth broadcasting the season games. He has also helped out on shows such as Mets Hot Stove, Daily News Live, Loud Mouths. He has appeared on a segment on Kids Clubhouse called Lingo. Ron has also appeared on Mets Hall of Fame: Mike Piazza. He was also a contestant on Battle of the Broadcasters with Keith Hernandez and Gary Cohen. He also appeared on The Good Doctor.
On the network he has earned a nickname which is Ronnie or maybe spelled Ronny.
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