Axelrod said Monday he wished he had pressed for a more extensive discussion of health with Kile, the St. Louis Cardinal pitcher who was found dead in his Chicago hotel room Saturday at age Edmund Donoghue, the Cook County, Ill. Because if he did, we got the contract. Michael Mellman, a Dodger team doctor. All teams put their players through a spring training physical, conducting tests that require urine and blood samples. High cholesterol can contribute to the condition Kile had, called atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries.
Along the way, he made fast friends with a host of Astros, including players Biggio, Jeff Bagwell and Brad Ausmus , and a long list of team officials and personnel. The Astros closed their clubhouse Saturday afternoon to allow players some private time, and Bagwell, Biggio and Ausmus didn't start in Saturday night's game against the Seattle Mariners Ausmus entered the game in the ninth inning. During the game, one of Kile's Astros jerseys was hung in the dugout.
Kile was remembered as a quiet, conservative man, a voracious reader and a student of the game. He often joked about his lack of natural physical skills, once telling a reporter: "How could I pull a muscle?
I don't have any. He had some great victories while he was here. He was determined to get the best out of his abilities. Astros manager Jimy Williams made batting practice optional, and a moment of silence was held in Kile's honor shortly before Saturday's game. Flags at Minute Maid Park -- and at several other ballparks around the country -- were lowered to half-staff. He was quiet and thoughtful, very straight-laced. He had beautiful kids. He was a quiet guy but the kind of person that other players looked up to.
He struggled for two seasons, going and leading the National League with 17 losses in He was traded to the Cardinals before the season and quickly re-established himself. That year, he went with a 3. He was with a 3. The day he died, he and the Cardinals were to play the Chicago Cubs. Joe Girardi , then the catcher for Chicago, told fans at Wrigley Field that afternoon that there would be no game.
There had been a tragedy in the Cardinals family, he said. Louis Cardinals family," Girardi said to fans. He wasn't able to give them the exact reason, as Kile's wife was yet to be notified of her husband's passing. The Cardinals did play the next day during an especially emotional game that Kile was due to start.
They didn't make that decision until meeting with Flynn Kile, his widow. After Kile died, former teammate Craig Biggio paid tribute to his friend by writing "DK" and "57" on his baseball caps.
The news also hit Jeff Bagwell hard as he and Kile made the team at the same season in , the year Bagwell won Rookie of the Year honors. Kile's grieving friends Bagwell, Biggio and Brad Ausmus didn't start the night he died, although Bagwell did make a game-winning pinch-hitting appearance. When he later spoke to the media the next day Bagwell told them just what Kile had meant to him as a friend and a teammate. Bagwell wrote "57" on his cleats the rest of the season.
In tribute, Kile's last Astros jersey was seen hanging in the Astros dugout the night that Kile died. Teams around the league honored Kile with tributes and moments of silence as well in the days after the game.
On the field, the Cardinals struggled after the loss, but they soon righted the ship and clinched the National League Central title, beating the Diamondbacks in the Division Series.
They lost to the Giants in the League Championship Series. The Kile family had 5-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, and a son who was born the summer before his death.
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