![]() There were no players warming up, no ground crew, nothing. Eventually, I said to my friend I was there with that something was wrong. About 20 minutes or so before the game was scheduled to start I noticed that there was nothing happening on the field, which was quite odd considering the proximity to game time. I was actually in the ballpark that day at Wrigley. You could see all those things and so many more things and still not be able to believe it: a player, a teammate, there with you the night before doing the things players do on the road - grabbing dinner with friends at Harry Caray's, getting back to the hotel at 10:30 to call his wife, rejecting Morris's invitation shortly after midnight to have a drink in the hotel bar - because you know what, Matty Mo, I feel a little tired. He's dead." You could see Joe Girardi, then playing for the Cubs, come out onto the field of Wrigley and announce to the sold-out crowd with tears in his eyes, almost unable to speak, that the game would be postponed because of "a tragedy in the Cardinals family." ![]() You could see Tony La Russa standing in the middle of a circle of players and saying softly, " They found Darryl. You could see Matheny pleading with Bates to tell him what was wrong, asking him, Is Darryl still alive? and lifting Bates by the collar when Bates didn't know what to say because how do you say something like that until he just nodded no and Matheny pulled off his jersey because baseball simply didn't matter anymore. You could see reliever Dave Vereeniging whispering, "They found D.K They can't wake him up," then retreat into the tiny equipment room to sob in private. You could see Buddy Bates, then the equipment manager, fall into a chair in the clubhouse and cup his head in his hands. You could see Barry Weinberg rushing off the field with Walt Jocketty after a phone call. You could see the head of security for the Westin breaking into room 1102 after repeated phone calls had gone unanswered and finding him there, still in his bed, wearing the black eyeshades that helped him sleep, with one arm across his upper torso. You could see Mike Matheny urging someone, anyone, to check on Kile's whereabouts when he still hadn't shown up in the cubbyhole of the visitors' clubhouse of Wrigley after the team bus had arrived. There were so many things that happened the next morning, images that could not be erased no matter how much you wanted to erase them. 2023 StandingsĬlick a team's logo to visit their subreddit National League West news rumor opinion analysis trivia Serious image video gif game thread feature notice misleadingĪround the Horn general discussion thread - June 25, 2023 Welcome to /r/Baseball! If you haven't visited before, please stop by our wiki to read our rules and FAQ before posting.
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