New York Mets announcer Ron Darling was back in the booth Tuesday night, his first game back since surgery to treat thyroid cancer last month.
Before the game against the San Francisco Giants at CitiField, Darling said it was "extremely humbling" to feel the support he had received from the Mets community. The former Mets pitcher said he received somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 letters from fans while he was recovering.
"I was 22 years old when I was called up to the Mets," he said. "I'm 58 now. And I feel like I've gotten love from these fans in that entire time, and none more evident than the last 60 days.