[Neets]

Thank you Arne...not only are you a good sportsmans...but a gentleman to boot!!! (((HUGEROONIES)))

[ArneFufkin]

Oneida, I DID meet Darryl Kile once. It was fun, he had a good sense of humor, even when I reminded him that Brewer pitcher Scott Karl hit the only triple that a Milwaukee pitcher ever has ever hit in the NL off him. He was a good natured guy, who was getting a lot of money and brutally PUMMELLED in Coors Field.

But ... he was a 33 year old man when he died today. I think he left a wife and several children. He's a player that all baseball fans know, he's a top 10% guy in the World at his profession. Everyone who knows baseball is reverent for the baseball fans of St. Louis. They're the best, end of story.

I'm sad when any young man, a husband and father dies. Our Freeper friends from Houston, Denver and St. Louis know of, or KNOW, this guy. He was a remarkable athelete, a family man, and there's nothing wrong with feeling bad about the end of his life. There's nothing wrong with feeling good about the priorities of the players, management and baseball fans of Chicago. You either know, or you don't know, that this gesture of tribute to the St. Louis baseball community shouldn't come from any other fans and players than those of Chicago and the Cubs. It's a poignant irony that the two iron maidens don't have the elegance to appreciate.