What's this "we" Kimosabe?
Daryl Kile gave the glove to your son, and it's my guess he probably wouldn't care much to be made out to be an Indian giver in his passing.
Shut up and sit down, Dad.
Posted on 07/01/2002 3:57:27 PM PDT by oldvike
STURGEON BAY, Wis. -- A boy who got an autograph and had a photo taken with Darryl Kile the day before the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher was found dead plans to send the items to Kile's family.
Sean Zak, 10, had his baseball glove signed by Kile and then posed for a photo with him while attending the Cardinals' game in Chicago on June 21.
Zak and his family said that, after their encounter with Kile, security personnel separated the players and fans for the start of the game.
"He was thoughtful enough to take the time to give something to us, and we would like to give him some respect back," Troy Zak, Sean's father, said. "We'd just like to thank the family and let them know that he touched a young boy's life."
The Zaks said they will let the situation "cool down a little" before contacting the Cardinals for help in delivering the autographed glove and a copy of the photo to Kile's family.
Sean said he liked his glove and it was well broken in.
"But I feel pretty good about giving my glove away, because it would be a nice thing to do," he said.
IMHO, this glove will mean more to Sean during his lifetime than to the Kile family. Therefore, I think Sean should keep it (although it's too late now that it has made national news) Am I wrong here? I told a friend of mine this yesterday and he did all but call me the most heartless person on this earth.
What's this "we" Kimosabe?
Daryl Kile gave the glove to your son, and it's my guess he probably wouldn't care much to be made out to be an Indian giver in his passing.
Shut up and sit down, Dad.
Relatively recently I found an old postcard my uncle had written from Europe on the occasion of V-E Day . . . and thought my cousins (unborn during WWII) would appreciate the memento of their by-the-dead father.
Naturally, they appreciated the thought--but pointed out that they had an entire chest full of letters he had written from Europe to his uncle.
So I think it presumptuous of this boy's parents to think the glove would mean to the family, what it means to their boy. Understandable mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.
I swear, I wish you could have seen the interview with that kid. You could tell that it was going to tear him up to have to give that glove back.
In the long run, I bet the Kile family will tell the boy to keep it.
You are not wrong, the boy should be allowed keep the glove.
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