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The world of Major League Baseball was amazed when Darryl Kile, who launched a safe blow in 1997, suddenly died of a heart attack at the age of 33 more than two decades.
The Cardinals of Kile de St. Louis were in Chicago on June 22, 2002 to face their Cubs rivals of NL Central when the receiver Joe Girardi announced to the crowd of Wrigley Field that their game had been canceled due to a “tragedy in the Cardinals family”.
The former cardinal launcher, Adam Wainwright, who was part of the organization of Atlanta Braves at the time, said that Kile’s death was the “first time” that he “felt a little vulnerable”.
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Adam Wainwright pays tribute to Darryl Kile. (Getty Images)
“I was in Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina. And I looked at our guys and our guys were like … You felt a little fragile,” said Wainwright in a recent interview with PK Press Club Digital. “If an All-Star launcher and without a safe blow in the big leagues can simply die from nowhere, what to say that it could not happen to us too?”
Wainwright joined the cardinals the following year, and Kile’s presence has always felt. His jersey was suspended in his intact locker in the old Busch stadium until it was demolished in 2005.
“It was his locker. That’s what he meant in this locker room in the guys in there. To Mike Matheny and Matt Morris and Rick Ankiel’s and Chris Carpenter. These guys were able to study under him every day,” said Wainwright. “He would teach a guy who was sitting right next to him and said:” What do you think about it here? What do you think? Why will he launch this next pitch? What is the striker looking and this and that? “He taught them to prepare.
“So, when I arrived, I sit next to Matt Morris and Chris Carpenter, and Matt had learned from Darryl, and Matt was able to pour into the carp, and Carp was able to pour me. He was only passing him, and it took Darryl Kile. Kile.
The cardinals of St. Louis are held on the ground and watch a video presentation in honor of Darryl Kile, the launcher of the cardinals who died of heart failure at 33 years old. (Elsa / Getty Images)
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The line of cardinals is always deep and the generations of cardinals come together later this week. Friday, the daughter of Wainwright and Kile, Sierra, will each throw the first launch of the Cardinals match against the Brewers of Milwaukee to launch the team partnership with Merck to help to raise awareness of the risk of heart disease and high cholesterol.
“What we are trying to do is publicize the silent killer. The thing that kills more people and the country and around the world each year is an esoteric cardiovascular disease,” said Wainwright. “If you are aware of your health, and you see a lot of health professionals, most of the time, it is taken early, but so many times, it is the silent killer. … So, what we are trying to do is to raise awareness. Louis Cardinal and be associated with Darryl Kile.”
Wainwright encourages everyone to speak with his doctors before it’s too late.
A Darryl Kile jersey is suspended in the canoeing of the Cardinals of St. Louis only a few days after his death. (Elsa / Getty Images)
“When you are young, you feel invincible, and it is a message not only for people who have been in place for years-it is also for a message for young people. Make sure to go and meet your health professionals and see what must be done for you,” he said. “It is very important to meet your health professionals and see what you need in your life.”
