Read: Darling partakes in conditioning program
Marty Noble of MLB.com talked with Ron Darling about a recent stint in Port Saint Lucie where he spent several weeks going through an offseason conditioning program to better understand what today’s pitchers go through.
Darling on why he committed to doing the program:
“I realized how little I knew about what pitchers do these days. We all had been tracking the progress Pedro [Martinez] was making last summer, but I knew I really wasn’t sure what he was doing. So I decided, ‘If I’m going to talk about it, I need to learn as much as I could.’”
…in my opinion, darling’s already one of the more insightful in-game analysts…his passion, knowledge, sincerity, and actions show his desire to continue to improve – which makes him all the more endearing…
…i doubt there are too many other analysts who would even consider that they might be losing touch with today’s athletes, let alone put forth an effort such as this to keep that from happening…
