Tuesday, April 08, 2008
I have to do something to move the pregnant transman down the page, cause he's freaking me out. So how about this? The NYTimes reports that when Ron Darling made his MLB debut, pitching at Shea Stadium, the first three batters he faced were Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt. He did all right, too, striking out Morgan and Rose before retiring Schmidt on a groundout to third. Darling was always a pleasure to watch. On a staff that included Dwight Gooden, Sid Fernandez, and Rick Aguilera, when you came to the park and saw that Ronnie was pitching you knew that you were going to see an intelligently pitched game. He lost that game, by the way: 2-0, one run on five hits. Tug McGraw got the win for the Phillies in relief of Tony Ghelfi; Al Holland picked up a save.
Is he gone yet?
Is he gone yet?
