{"title":"Ron Darling","description":"Ron Darling is a New York Times bestselling author and 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. Daniel Paisner has collaborated with dozens of athletes and public figures on their autobiographies and memoirs, including I Feel Like Going On, with NFL great Ray Lewis; and, Chasing Perfect, with Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Hurley.","products":[{"product_id":"game-7-1986-failure-and-triumph-in-the-biggest-game-of-my-life-paperback","title":"Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn inside look at one of the most famous baseball games of all time, game seven of the 1986 World Series from Emmy-winning baseball analyst Ron Darling, the METS' starting pitcher, in his words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery little kid who's ever taken the mound in Little League dreams of someday getting the ball for Game Seven of the World Series. Ron Darling got to live that dream - only it didn't go exactly as planned. In \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eGame 7, 1986\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning baseball analyst looks back at what might have been a signature moment in his career, and reflects on the ways professional athletes must sometimes shoulder a personal disappointment as their teams find a way to win. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished to coincide with the anniversary of the 1986 New York Mets championship season, Darling's book breaks down one of baseball's great \"forgotten\" games - a game that stands as a thrilling, telling, and tantalizing exclamation point to one of the best-remembered seasons in Major League Baseball history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking once again with bestselling collaborator Daniel Paisner, who teamed with the former All-Star pitcher on his acclaimed 2009 memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Game\u003c\/i\u003e, Darling offers a book for the thinking baseball fan, a chance to reflect on what it means to compete at the game's highest level, with everything on the line.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433715531999,"sku":"9781250118745","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3L60iLkDbN9781250118745.webp?v=1790017046"},{"product_id":"108-stitches-loose-threads-ripping-yarns-and-the-darndest-characters-from-my-time-in-the-game-paperback","title":"108 Stitches: Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America's game to the men who played it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e108 Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e, Ron Darling offers his own take on the \"six degrees of separation\" game and knits together a collection of wild, wise, and wistful stories reflecting the full arc of a life in and around our national pastime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a uniform since 1983, and they in turn have played with or reported on just about everybody who put on a uniform in a previous generation. Through relationships with baseball legends on and off the field, like Yale coach Smoky Joe Wood, Willie Mays, Bart Giamatti, Tom Seaver and Mickey Mantle, Darling's reminiscences reach all the way back to Babe Ruth and other turn-of-the-century greats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the 108 stitches on a baseball, Darling's experiences are interwoven with every athlete who has ever played, every coach or manager who ever sat in a dugout, and with every fan who ever played hooky from work or school to sit in the bleachers for a day game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarling's anecdotes come together to tell the story of his time in the game, and the story of the game itself.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51433717104863,"sku":"9781250252913","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/vyXN7NOfgy9781250252913.webp?v=1790017053"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ron-darling.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}