Arizona DJs Prank On Darryl Kile's Widow Angers Cardinals Manager (Amazing)

The Associated Press ^ | Oct. 4, 2002 | AP

[jern]

PHOENIX -- St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was irate over a Phoenix-area disc jockey who called Darryl Kile's widow and asked if she had a date for Thursday's playoff game.

Flynn Kile hung up the phone after KUPD-FM radio's Beau Duran called her Phoenix hotel room, The Arizona Republic reported on its Web site Thursday night.

[Digger]

Isn't it a requirement to have a 80 or below IQ to be a FM DJ?

[Abcdefg]

Their website shows the low-life POS is "suspended".

[Damocles]

"I'm vehement in saying that whoever is responsible should suffer serious and dire consequences," La Russa said. "If we could get our hands on them, we would deal with them physically.

Sounds like Tony's got the right idea. This guy needs a good old fashioned a$$ whoppin!

[smith288]

Whatever happened to decency? (hint: 1993-2000)

[Damocles]

Maybe a whoopin' too!

[Blood of Tyrants]

That jerk needs a good old fashioned smack up side the head.

[inkling]

As an ardent Diamondbacks fan, I hate to say this, but St. Louis deserves to sweep us after the behavior of this drooling moron. I sincerely hope that KUPD-FM fires him and that the Station Manager and CEO fly to St. Louis, prostrate themselves in front of St. Louis' Busch Stadium, and beg forgiveness from Kile's widow. Revolting.

[Jhensy]

Chuck Artigue, the market manager for the Sandusky Group, which owns KUPD, said the prank "was in terribly bad taste" but no action would be taken against Duran.

How about firing Chuckie's ignorant ass as well?

[Freemyland]

I know he is retired, but this looks like a job for Mark McGwire.

[Catspaw]

One of my college classmates is a FM DJ (morning drive time) & although he & his partner are funny, and at times mildly racy, they're not shock jocks like the NYC idiots & this guy.

I do remember some idiot in Minneapolis who got canned after he faked a visit to the hotel room of Green Bay Packers QB Bret Favre, claiming that a woman not Bret's wife answered the door. I do believe that the two shock jocks who came up with this stunt--and refused to admit that they faked it for a few days--also went out the door. Bret's lawyers and the team's lawyers were most pointed, but very quiet, about what they were going to do to this radio station, and it wasn't pretty.

[Johnny Shear]

OK...Time to organize a FREEP against this JERK!

And if anyone wants to pony-up the cash to get me to Arizona, I'll personally Butt-Freep this IDIOT!!! (Not in a homoseeeeeexual way...In a VIOLENT way!!! ;-) ).

[Desdemona]

I sincerely hope that KUPD-FM fires him and that the Station Manager and CEO fly to St. Louis, prostrate themselves in front of St. Louis' Busch Stadium, and beg forgiveness from Kile's widow.

THe Red Sea might find it in our collective hearts not to....you get the picture.

[Ditto]

Isn't it a requirement to have a 80 or below IQ to be a FM DJ?

Or have the mentality of a 12 year old.

[ErnBatavia]

Five across the lips

[Nebr FAL owner]

Some A$$hole needs a good old fashioned wall to wall counseling session .

[marshmallow]

Howard Stern, take a bow. The man who brought vulgarity, bad taste and pushing the envelope into the mainstream, can now look around proudly at his legacy.

There's hardly a week goes by these days, without an idiot DJ causing a ruckus with some crass or tasteless stunt.

[Mr. Mojo]

Chuck Artigue, the market manager for the Sandusky Group, which owns KUPD, said the prank "was in terribly bad taste"

This goes way, way beyond bad taste.

[VaBthang4]

"I'm vehement in saying that whoever is responsible should suffer serious and dire consequences," La Russa said. "If we could get our hands on them, we would deal with them physically. It was so brutal that something should happen to them. I hope whoever was responsible gets nailed."

Dang! You tell'em Tony.

I'd drive the friggin team bus over [with the team inside] to the station and wait there for the twerp to come out.

[valleygal]

I don't know any ardent fans who would say we deserve to lose over this. This evidently has nothing to do with the Diamondbacks, just some jerk DJ. While I feel badly for Kile's widow, yes this is sickening, why are the Diamondbacks responsible? And why should they apologize.?

The responsibility is with the guy who made the statement. Let him be punished. And apologize. Spreading the blame around is the way democrats think.