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Verk av Ron Darling

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Vedertaget namn
Darling, Ron
Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Darling, Ronald Maurice
Födelsedag
1960-08-19
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Bostadsorter
New York City, New York, USA
Organisationer
The Mets
Kort biografi
Ron Darling is an Emmy Award-winning baseball analyst for TBS, the MLB Network, SNY, and WPIX-TV, and author of The Complete Game. He was a starting pitcher for the New York Mets from 1983 to 1991 and the first Mets pitcher to be awarded a Gold Glove.

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Every spring with the advent a new baseball season I like to read a baseball themed book. Since Ron Darling will be signing copies of his newest book Game 7, 1986 at my job next week, this was the logical choice. Yogi Berra is credited with saying “90% of the game is half mental.” Darling's book is an excellent example of just how mental the game of baseball truly is. He gives us a detailed account of how he psyched himself out in game 7 of the 1986 Word Series and how he feels his career and therefore his entire life would have probably ended up differently had he pitched better in that game. Like Darling says,most athletes write about their success not there failures, so he gets major props from me for writing a book like this. I also admire the way he discussed Strawberry & Gooden. Both are now back in good graces with The Mets organization and most of the fans. But Darling clearly states "I resent how they squandered their gifts- but hey, they were their gifts to squander, not mine;their choices to make, not mine. At the time, I suppose I resented it a little more in Darryl, because Doc had that sweetness about him. Doc was like a lost kid. Darryl, at times, didn't seem to give a shit." Thanks R.J. that needed to be said. I too, still resent how they squandered their gifts and am not OK with accolades they continue to receive. To end on a lighter note, I enjoyed reading the accolades Darling bestowed upon Hernandez and Carter! And the description of the post game celebration with Darling hanging out with DeNiro and Mike Tyson; who got into a prolonged conversation with Darling's mom ! That's the kind of insider stuff that us fans just eat up !… (mer)
 
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kevinkevbo | 3 andra recensioner | Jul 14, 2023 |
Darling was a great pitcher for the Mets during the 80ies, is currently an excellent announcer in the Mets television booth, and now it turns out, he's a talented writer as well. The Complete Game gives us vivid and fascinating descriptions of some of the most important games during Darling's career. But he also goes beyond that, and brings the reader into the mind of the professional pitcher and what makes them tick. A compelling read !
 
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kevinkevbo | 2 andra recensioner | Jul 14, 2023 |
Eh...just another athletes stream of consciousness regurgitated into book form. I have read Ronnie’s other books and really enjoyed them, this one not so much. It was ok, nothing really earth shattering, even if Lenny Dykstra thinks so...A couple good stories, a couple interesting ones, even a couple that didn’t paint Ronnie in the best light, so you can’t accuse him of just writing a puff piece...Basically, to be kinda generic here, it is what it is. “this guy reminds me of this story, which reminds me of this guy and this story, and so on and so forth...”… (mer)
 
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MrMet | 1 annan recension | Apr 28, 2023 |
I know it sounds silly, but this book is what it is, it's Ron Darlings musings and sometimes tangents, relating to Game 7, 1986. It doesn't reveal anything earthshaking, but what it does well is contrast the feeling of personal failure (Ron's start in game 7) with overall success (the Mets eventually winning...wait, spoiler alert? Oh no, it happened 30 years ago and is part of public record). Not a bad read, not a great read, an interesting look into the mind of one man, in one game, in one book.… (mer)
 
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MrMet | 3 andra recensioner | Apr 28, 2023 |

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Verk
5
Medlemmar
159
Popularitet
#132,375
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
11
ISBN
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