Rockies will say farewell
Walker, Hampton, Shumpert to attend memorial for Kile
By Tracy Ringolsby, Rocky Mountain News
June 26, 2002
LOS ANGELES - The Colorado Rockies will start tonight's game short-handed against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Manager Clint Hurdle isn't concerned.
Outfielder Larry Walker, pitcher Mike Hampton and infielder Terry Shumpert took an early flight today to St. Louis, where they planned to attend the memorial service for former Rockies pitcher Darryl Kile, who died in his hotel room in Chicago on Saturday.
Bill Rader, the Rockies chaplain, will preside at the ceremony at Busch Stadium.
The players arranged for a charter plane to take them, former big-league third baseman Sean Berry and his wife, to Denver, where they will pick up their wives, former Rockies pitcher Jerry Dipoto and his wife, and Rader, then continue to St. Louis for the ceremony, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. MDT. They are scheduled to return to Los Angeles during the evening.
"We're scheduled back at 6:30 p.m., but I'm sure we won't be racing out once the service is over," Walker said. "More than likely we will be later."
Kile pitched for the Rockies in 1998 and 1999, and became a close friend of Walker. Kile and Hampton broke into the big leagues together in Houston, where Berry, who lives in Southern California, was a teammate.
"They need to do what they need to do to bring the situation to closure," Hurdle said. "If this is going to help them do that, they definitely should go."
Walker, Hampton, Shumpert to attend memorial for Kile
By Tracy Ringolsby, Rocky Mountain News
June 26, 2002
LOS ANGELES - The Colorado Rockies will start tonight's game short-handed against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Manager Clint Hurdle isn't concerned.
Outfielder Larry Walker, pitcher Mike Hampton and infielder Terry Shumpert took an early flight today to St. Louis, where they planned to attend the memorial service for former Rockies pitcher Darryl Kile, who died in his hotel room in Chicago on Saturday.
Bill Rader, the Rockies chaplain, will preside at the ceremony at Busch Stadium.
The players arranged for a charter plane to take them, former big-league third baseman Sean Berry and his wife, to Denver, where they will pick up their wives, former Rockies pitcher Jerry Dipoto and his wife, and Rader, then continue to St. Louis for the ceremony, which will begin at 11:30 a.m. MDT. They are scheduled to return to Los Angeles during the evening.
"We're scheduled back at 6:30 p.m., but I'm sure we won't be racing out once the service is over," Walker said. "More than likely we will be later."
Kile pitched for the Rockies in 1998 and 1999, and became a close friend of Walker. Kile and Hampton broke into the big leagues together in Houston, where Berry, who lives in Southern California, was a teammate.
"They need to do what they need to do to bring the situation to closure," Hurdle said. "If this is going to help them do that, they definitely should go."
