Welcome to our community

Be apart of something great, join today!

On this day 16 years ago we lost Darryl Kile.

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

Super Mario

Well-known member
Mar 1, 2009
18,242
85
Mushroom Kingdom
16 years ago today, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Girardi tearfully announced to a packed Wrigley Field that the game had been postponed due to a death in the Cardinals family.

That death, less than a week removed from losing legendary St. Louis announcer Jack Buck, was Cardinals starting pitcher Darryl Kile, at the age of 33.

My favorite piece of Cardinals memorabilia is definitely my Darryl Kile jersey.

#DK57

IMG_3979.JPG

9CE0F8D8-7835-47DA-A54D-5C2553DBB3D9-3682-000002B017FC10A3.jpeg

56DF1E28-21C3-46AD-AC1D-7A507B2484D0-3682-000002B02065F2C3.jpeg

476FDFD3-8E26-4488-8F1A-C014A9431E61-3682-000002B02E4533A6.jpeg

344AF76A-07D2-4F11-9369-E595855DD29C-3682-000002B03B4F4860.jpeg

3F8A3F88-EDD7-4DA3-8F35-8E9E9DF48285-3682-000002B05590ED24.jpeg

03CA73F1-87D4-4C98-B02C-994B1206C00F-3682-000002B063601786.jpeg

F6DA322E-4139-4F31-86DB-9978A3624E5E-3682-000002B0879F0976.jpeg

IMG_3991.JPG

88408D13-6C80-47B2-B192-C5A1DFA2E57B-3682-000002B0EF9743ED.jpeg

IMG_3992.JPG




Sent from my iPhone using Freedom Card Board mobile app
 

swish54_99

Well-known member
Dec 12, 2012
1,160
221
I remember watching that game and watching Girardi talk to the crowd and couldn't believe it. So sad.
 

Super Mario

Well-known member
Mar 1, 2009
18,242
85
Mushroom Kingdom
I remember that seems like yesterday. It been that long . Very sad day indeed.

I remember exactly what I was doing when I received the phone call about DK.

My girlfriend at the time, her dad owned a Bonanza Steakhouse and I was helping him out and running the register on that busy Saturday.

He called me at the store around 1:00 or so and told me that Kile had passed and the game was postponed.
 

Super Mario

Well-known member
Mar 1, 2009
18,242
85
Mushroom Kingdom
It was the first time in 23 years that a player had died in the middle of the season; in 1979, Yankees catcher Thurman Munson perished in a plane crash.
 

Members online

Top