SAN DIEGO — More than three weeks after he first took a medical leave of absence from his broadcasting jobs, Ron Darling announced Monday he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The former Mets pitcher professed hope he would beat this diagnosis and return to work shortly.
“My doctors have said they are optimistic that the cancer is treatable and that I would be back on air talking baseball in the next month or so,” Darling, who underwent a procedure to remove a mass from his chest, as well as other tests, said in a statement released by his publicist.