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Mets rookie has been a pleasant surprise
Tylor Megill’s remaining time in the Mets’ starting rotation could be short, but the rookie’s emergence ranks among the organization’s greatest hits this season.
College baseball's greatest game turns 40
Ron Darling didn’t allow a hit over the first 11 innings and finished with 16 strikeouts, a performance he called his finest at any level. Frank Viola tossed 11 shutout...
Watching Jacob deGrom has special benefit for Mets legend
Dwight Gooden only remembers what friends, family members and fans have told him about 1985. He was too much in the moment, living that magical season, dominating every fifth game....
Even Mets' broadcasters were disturbed by controversial walkoff win
Nobody was happy about the way the Mets won their Thursday afternoon game against the Marlins – not even their broadcast team. The Mets completed perhaps the most controversial victory...
The one way Francisco Lindor trade turns into a 'mess'
Ron Darling doesn't expect any new team or new town jitters. He doesn't believe it will take Francisco Lindor time to adjust to his new surroundings. The former Mets pitcher...
MLB telecasts continually con viewers — and not creatively
Now that we’re surrounded by con artists, it’s time to improve the artistry in the cons. Current cons lack creativity and imagination, the kind demonstrated in 2005 by the sports...
Jacob deGrom's Cy Young chances may need 'magical'' game
WASHINGTON — Jacob deGrom’s statistics suggest he is losing on the judges’ scorecards, but there is still a chance for a 12th-round knockout punch. The Mets ace will get that...
MLB actually could be getting worse
This has been a confusing summer. Even my flip-flops keep changing their mind. Clearly, what’s left of this baseball season is being played exclusively for TV revenue. When we last...
Pete Alonso has idea for celebrations in coronavirus era
Pete Alonso was known for leading crazy Mets walkoff celebrations last season by ripping off teammates' jerseys in the middle of the field as well as dumping ice buckets on...
Lenny Dykstra takes another swing at Ron Darling, claims he faked cancer
Meet the Mess. Lenny Dykstra, the man they call "Nails," keeps hammering away at former teammate Ron Darling — even trying to get him fired by writing to Darling's NY...
Lenny Dykstra alleges mass Mets conspiracy in confusing rant
Following a judge’s ruling to dismiss his defamation and libel lawsuit against former Mets teammate Ron Darling, Lenny Dykstra claimed Darling and Mets owners, the Wilpons, were “all-in” on conspiring...
Lenny Dykstra's libel suit vs. ex-Mets teammate tossed because he's already 'so tarnished'
Lenny Dykstra’s defamation and libel lawsuit against his former Mets teammate Ron Darling has been dismissed by a judge. The former Mets outfielder filed a lawsuit about a year ago...
Gregg Jefferies' failure viewed differently now by Mets greats
All these years later, Gregg Jefferies’ tormentors are apologetic. Time not only heals wounds but changes acceptable traits. How silly it all seems now to care about how someone handled...
Ron Darling sounds off on MLB restart concerns, Mets outlook
Mets icon and current SNY analyst Ron Darling talks with Post columnist Steve Serby about baseball’s potential return from the pandemic and what it might look like: Q: Do you...
Mets insider provides ultimate look at 1986 World Series
Longtime Mets public relations director Jay Horwitz gives readers a look at the Mets from the inside in his book “Mr. Met: How a Sports-Mad Kid From Jersey Became Like...
Mets analyst: MLB season looking more doubtful by the day
Ron Darling will take an entire summer without baseball over a scenario in which players and those connected to the sport are placed at risk. The former Mets pitcher and...
This doesn't sound promising for Carlos Beltran's baseball future
Don't expect to hear from Carlos Beltran anytime, sooner or later. At least that's what Ron Darling thinks. Speaking on WFAN's "Moose & Maggie" show on Wednesday, the Mets announcer...
Ron Darling on Mets booth return after beating cancer
Ron Darling couldn’t tell his father. That’s the first thing the SNY analyst thinks about when he recalls his fight with thyroid cancer a year ago that kept him out...
TBS failed viewers in thrilling start to MLB playoffs
Every year, the MLB playoffs start and it feels like the TV setup is batting out of order. Where are the games? Who is announcing them? Is it Abbott or...
Jackie Robinson's name dragged into Lenny Dykstra, Ron Darling legal fight
The ghost of Jackie Robinson is getting dragged into a legal fight between former Met legends Lenny Dykstra and Ron Darling. Darling’s book “108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and...