Ron Darling

But let's just use 150.

You're paying Gary Cohen a nice penny, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez.

Just start there.

Then you've got Gelbs.

You know, when I was a kid, literally 10 to 12, and then Babe Ruth was 13 to 15, and then American Legion was 15 to 19.

Heck, when I was a high school sophomore, I was playing two games a year at the Legion level against Ronnie Darling, who was a freshman at Yale.

And, you know, you figure out real quick whether you really want to do this or you are capable of doing it.

So the best thing or the worst thing about amateur baseball is all this year to year.

I'm Bob Costas.

Trailing 2-1, the Mets hand the ball to Ron Darling on three days rest, while the Red Sox raise some eyebrows by giving Al Nipper his first postseason start.

Look at that ERA, 5.38. Now, as far as Darling is concerned, he, of course, was the tough luck loser to Bruce Hurst in game one.

An unearned run beat him 1-0.

And I think in a spectacle like this, everything's magnified and it really enhances everything you do out there.

Did it bother you when you were referred to as a below-average fielder at third base? Oh, most definitely, because I come out and work harder on my fielding than I do my hitting because it doesn't come natural, and I just go out there and try to take as many ground balls as I can, and so far it's paid off.

You face Ron Darling, game one.

Got you looking.

The pitchers for the Red Sox, 28-year-old left-hander Bruce Hurst.

For the Mets, the 26-year-old Yaley right-hander Ron Darling.

Now, Hurst is interesting to note, actually struck out more for inning pitch this year than his teammate Roger Clements.

Here's a guy who had an ERA under three despite being a left-hander pitching at Fenway Park in a DH league.

But the Pittsburgh ball girl made the catch to stop playing.

And she is somewhat embarrassed.

Ron Darling with the delivery and a smooth bottle through.

Manager Davey Johnson involved in an argument argues so hard he loses a tooth.

All that's left to talk about concerning game seven is the strategy, particularly the pitching matchup.

Davey Johnson will go with Ron Darling, of course.

He has an extra day's rest, now working with four days between starts.

But the rainout last night allows John McNamara to switch from oil can Boyd to the man who has been his postseason ace, left-hander Bruce Hurst, on three days rest.

Grainger, for the ones who get it done.

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In just a few moments, the baseball will be in the hand of Ron Darling, the microphones in the hands of Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola.

Game seven is coming up right after we check with Tom Brokaw and NBC News.

He will be in the game number six and the seventh game for the New York Mets.

The starter figures to be Ron Darling.

A lot of empty seats as the people who have the tickets for today's game have been a little slow to come or else they've just simply stayed in their cars or someplace out of the weather.

And now they are beginning to come into Shea Stadium and the crowds have been over 55,000 in each of the two games that we have played.

Here's Bob Ojeda, who was a winner in game number two, and he's doing the charting today.

One of the reasons Ojeda has been so effective this year is He has been thrown in with a lot of hard throwers.

Ron Darling, Dwight Gooden, Sid Fernandez, and Ojeda, the perfect complement for those types of pitchers.

Well, he scattered ten hits the other night, but even though they had ten hits, he was in absolute control of the ball game.

So Evans at second base with two down, and Dave Henderson will be coming up.

If you remember last night, Dave Henderson was the on-deck hitter rushing to home plate to signal to Rice, who was scoring, and he collided head-on with Ron Darling, who was backing up the play.

And of all the lines written about it, John Lowe of the Detroit Free Press wrote, you never know who you'll run into in New York.

That sums

And there is a natural draft in there.

And sure as heck, that had a lot to do with knocking that ball down.

so Evans who lost a home run last night is now defensively on the end of a lost home run by Howard Johnson and the battle will be Rafael Santana and all Hojo can do is think about what might have been Ron Darling in the corner with him the flag of course no indication at all

and you know Hernandez it doesn't sound that crazy when you stop to think about it I mean watching those planes land because they land according to the headwind

You know, it was cold on everyone.

I'm sure if Ronnie Darling could have been able to use pine tar or something like that, he probably wouldn't walk.

Five or six guys would have been able to get his forkball over.

It was tough on hitters.