Disgust Prank---Cardinals, Kile's Wife

[Lockport7]

PHOENIX (AP) -- 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.

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.

Artigue said he talked to major league baseball officials and Arizona Diamondbacks president Rich Dozer to apologize.

A call by The Associated Press to the station on Thursday night was answered by a man who did not identify himself and referred all questions to the station manager on Friday.

"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."

Kile was found dead in his bed at the team's hotel in Chicago on June 22. An autopsy showed the 33-year-old pitcher died from blocked coronary arteries.






I have emailed and will continue to e-mail this station until this guy is fired.

 

[yyz]

Sound pretty harsh, to me.

 

[dr. freeze]

that guy should be taken out to the woodshed and beaten until he is as close to death as he can be......then let the birds have at him.....what a reprobate sicko.....

 

[ddubs]

What a f***ing piece of shit m***** f*****!

 

[PaTsJaMM]

I dunno what's worse,,,that dumbf*ck DJ or the A-Holes who "won't take action" against him.

Unbelievable.

 

[TexasBC6]

Guys,

If you want to get on the ball and let the station know this is completely unacceptable, here's the link to the station. Click contact on the left side and all of the station's e-mail addresses show up. I already e-mailed them, this guy is such a scumbag. Let them know you're pissed.

http://www.98kupd.com/

 

[dr. freeze]

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[yyz]

good idea....
To the Station:

If I lived in Pheonix and saw this asshole out at night I would beat him up and beat him up good.....

Sincerely Matt Friez

I don't suggest sending emails with therats in them to anyone, let alone sign your name to it.

 

[Sportsaholic]

Good idea, just sent my e-mail. Totally tasteless, even for shock radio.:nono:

 

[thunderdoll]

This is what passes as comedy today. Disgusting. Consider that someone had to have an idea, he told someone else, a few other people got involved, they all that it was a good thing to do! Sickening that these people are in control of our air waves.

 

[Felonious Monk]

I heard about this on Friday and was fuhking speechless. What could have possibly gone through this guy's mind thinking she would get a kick out of it? They need to lock him in a room with Edmonds and Pujols and let them take care of the situation.

Anyways, here's what I sent to all of the people listed as "managers" at the station:

Radio hosts often do things that seem funny to certain segment of the population. As a rock station your target group is probably men between the ages of 18-30. Austin has a similar station and has for years had morning hosts that try to be funny but rarely succeed. But Duran crossed the line. I am neither a friend of the Kile family nor any other member of the Cardinals organization but I was insulted when I heard about this.

Your stupid little disclaimer is lame. Saying that the call "was not intended to be hurtful or malicious in anyway... We are truly amazed on how this turned into a media circus.." is preposterous. This was not an "error in judgement." If Duran did not know this was going to be painful to many, many people, he is one of the single most stupid people in the world. And as station management, you feel that suspending him is the best way to deal with this, you are solely interested in this being a "ratings stunt."