St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Darryl Kile dead.

KMOX ^

[dennis1x]

As a Cardinal fan this has been an awful week.

[dogbyte12]

any cause of death? The article says that the game scheduled hasn't started and the players aren't on the field.

[MediaMole]

It is confirmed on WSCR 670am in Chicago.

[NYCVirago]

Anybody have any details on this? I can't find this on the wires.

[John W]

I was wondering what was going on.Fox Network said the game was delayed,possibly postponed,details when available.

[dogbyte12]

Nothing on ESPN yet. Was Kile the scheduled pitcher today?
This is really weird.

[Musket]

Local Chicago radio WLS host said he was found dead in his Weston Hotel room in downtown Chicago. That's all I've heard so far.

[John W]

MSNBC

NBC SPORTS BULLETIN Cardinals pitcher dies Darryl Kile found in hotel room Check back soon for details...

[spectre]

The 40,000 people are filing out of Wrigley Field...He passed away at his room in the Hotel. They won't say yet, but at 4:10 Eastern time, they are going to have a press conference.

[over3Owithabrain]

OMG - what happened? Is this why the game is postponed?

I'll be checking here and ESPN for more info, thanks for the heads-up.

Terrible news...

[mhking]

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch site:

KMOX reports Darryl Kile is dead

By the Post-Dispatch Online Sports Staff
06/22/2002 01:54 PM

Darryl Kile, in the final regular-season game of 2001.

The station did not have details of the death when it aired the report by sportscaster Tom Ackerman at approximately 2 p.m.

The Cardinals-Chicago Cubs game, scheduled to begin at 2:20 p.m., has been canceled.

Cubs catcher and player representative Joe Girardi made the announcement to the sold-out crowd at Wrigley Field, saying that there had been a "tragedy in the Cardinals family" and asking the fans to "say a prayer for the St. Louis Cardinals and their family."

The Cardinals are expected to make an announcement soon.

[A. Morgan]

Cook County Medical Exmainer confrims death. WGN radio.

[Dales]

For a Kile family member I am sure it is even worse.

This absolutely blows.

[mhking]

An on-field announcement (which aired live, nationwide on Fox) was made at Wrigley Field a few minutes ago. The few details that we have had on the Fox game, came from Joe Buck in the booth in Chicago.

I'm sure ESPNNEWS will carry the presser live.

[Lazamataz]

I'm not much of a baseball fan but this is weird. Tell everyone before they make it to the field, for example. Death in a hotel room .... drugs?

[spectre]

He didn't show up for batting practice, so they sent someone to the Hotel to look for him?!

Geeze, didn't anyone check on him this morning???

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[xzins]

This is an awful thing for St Louis. Shadow, what's going on with this and the Jack Buck thing?

I've always liked the Cards. If Cincy couldn't win it, the Cards were always my next choice. (Wrigs, the cubbies woulda been on my list to win, too, but they've got a century old jinx on them that just won't quit....y'all need to hold a prayer meeting on the pitcher's mound and cleanse that place.)

[Trust but Verify]

Saw Buck on Fox Sports. He looked about ready to sob. Who could blame him.

[mhking]

ESPNEWS, ESPNRadio and ESPN (and possibly ESPN2 as well) will carry the Tony LaRussa press conference at 4:10P ET; ESPNEWS confirms.

[Wrigley]

As much as I don't like the Cardinals, this absolutly sucks. I can't imagine what is going on with the team right now. A very sad day.