Pathetic Yankee fans hate Ron Darling

The Daily News’ Bob Raissman with a great column about the vitriolic reaction of some Yankee fans to Ron Darling being one of the color commentators for TBS's coverage of the ALCS this year:

“It’s comical so many Yankees fans get worked up over a mild-mannered guy such as Darling. It’s revealing, too. Their obsession is hilarious. The revelation is sad. Some of the Darling “hate” email is so over the top, the authors should ask themselves why a baseball broadcaster has the power to drive them to such pathetic and desperate lengths?

When they see or hear Darling, they only see Mets. He fuels their hate for a team that ain’t exactly near the top of the baseball world. It’s kind of like getting mad at a bag of marshmallows.”

Oddly enough, no one notices the other booth analyst, John Smoltz, grew up a Tigers fan in Lansing, MI and would have pitched for the Tigers had it not been for that infamous trade between Detroit and Atlanta in 1987 that sent Doyle Alexander to the Tigers.

High praise for Matt Harvey from 'Larry' himself.

High praise for Matt Harvey by the Shea villian himself, Larry "Chipper" Jones:

"A short time after Chipper Jones grounded out against Matt Harvey last Friday, Josh Thole arrived at third base. The future Hall of Famer, shaking his head, had a question for the Mets catcher.

“Where did you get this guy?” Jones said. “He’s throwing bowling balls up there.”"

It's been a long time since someone spoke of a Mets pitching prospect this way. The fact that it comes from an adversary is even more telling.