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Date Posted: 19:39:16 06/26/02 Wed
Author: Dark Star
Subject: About Cardinals Pitcher Darryl Kile

Here are some tributes put in the Chicago suntimes.

Richard Roper wrote: When I first heard that Kile had been found dead in his room at the Westin Hotel, I thought of another 33-year-old celebrity who in 1998 was found dead in his apartment just across the street, in the Hancock Building--comedian Chris Farley. I didn't know that much about Kile and there were no details about his death, but when someone young, rich and famous dies suddenly, you can't help but wonder if some dark habit was the cause.

But whereas Farley excessed himself to death, Kile was the victim of fate's cruel streak. The official word was that he died "of natural causes," but on an emotional and spiritual level, there's nothing natural, nothing normal and nothing understandable about the sudden death of a 33-year-old man.

One imagines that Kile drifted off to sleep Friday with thoughts of his wife, his 5-year-old twins, his infant son, and baseball. A man with a dream life, slipping into dreams.

The next day, the cliche about Wrigley Field being a "shrine" was sadly close to being literally true. A cryptic announcement from a choked-up Joe Girardi, a thousand cell phones chirping as fans learned more about why the game was being canceled, a slow progression of 40,000 fans in bright reds and blues heading for the exits on a hot summer afternoon that was just perfect for baseball.

Except nobody wanted to play.


Jay Marrioti wrote this about Kile (Warning: this was written before confirmation of Kile dieing of cardiac problems.

Ron Rapoport had this to say About Kile's death and rememberances

And I thought this peice was appropriate. Cards Pay respect by playing

DS

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