It’s been a week or so since it happened but this still pisses me off. A search of “Flynn Kile” turned up nothing here so I though I’d share this moron’s stupidity with you.
If you’ll remember, Major League Baseball’s Darrly Kile died recently of a sudden heart attack. His wife, Flynn, is a real class act who’s suffering through what would be a hellish time. Congratulations, Beau Duran, for making things even more difficult on a widow.
"KUPD-FM “personality” Beau Duran called the room of Flynn Kile, widow of Cardinals pitcher Daryl Kile, who was found dead of a heart attack in his hotel room in Chicago in June.
“We saw you on TV the other night, and you’re very attractive,” said Duran. “You’re hot. Are you going to the game today?”
When Flynn answered yes, Duran said, “Do you have a date?”
Flynn Kile hung up.
Said Cardinals reliever Steve Kline: “You do that to Flynn Kile, and you have no heart, no class, no guts. Picking on a player is one thing. But to play a prank on a woman who just lost her husband? We won’t forget that, ever.”
At first an exec for the company that owns KUPD-FM said no action would be taken against Duran. Then it was announced that Duran had been suspended for a week. The right move would be to fire the moron."
Thanks Kal. It was started the day I left for a week’s vacation so I never saw it. Couldn’t imagine nothing had been said here. This was pretty despicable.
I saw on (I think) Fox 10 news the other day (Phoenix) that the station had, indeed, shitcanned him. I don’t know if they reconsidered and took him back, but 10 did an interview with him and he said it was the stupidest thing he’d ever done and he wished that he could work with Flynn’s people to get the opportunity to apologize. He also admitted that no amount of apology would make up for his stupidity, but that he was willing to do anything because he felt so bad.
Yes, Duran did a majorly dipshit thing, but he looked and sounded as sincere as a child who’s just been scolded by grandma. I was willing to gve him the benefit of the doubt, and I was as disgusted as anyone when the prank took place.
You’re correct Jaunita, he should be forced at gunpoint to consume bloody liposucked fat slurry for the rest of his life, garbage cans are too good for him.
Read the backstory. It’s nowhere near as horrible as it sounds, and the team management is playing it for all its worth. The guy involved is receiving threats on his life, and the MLB types are borderline encouraging this.
Yes, it was in poor-taste, but it’s not as bad as you think. Really. If i can find the link to the story, I’ll post it. Basically, the guy got on the line before anyone could stop to think what was happening, and he meekly asked the woman in question if she would like a date to X function. She replied “No thanks.”. He mumbled an apology, and hung up.
Well, your entire post is a lie, plain and simple.
I heard Tom Lykis replay the call at least 7 times on his syndicated asshat of a radio show and and there was no timidity on Duran’s part, he had that arrogant/smart ass tone of voice that all the shock jocks have.
And he did NOT apologize on the phone to Kile’s widow because SHE was the one who hung up, NOT Duran.
Oh, gee, I’m supposed to feel sorry and have a pity party for smegma slurper, aka Duran?!?!
Are you insane or just a sadist?
As I said before, a good deal of planning went into this “stunt,” and obviously Duran didn’t give a shit about Kile’s wife or how she would feel, he was just trying to be shocking.
Can you honestly tell me that you think Kile’s wife would find ANY teeny tiny bit of amusement or pleasure in such a phone call? Is there even the tiniest shred of decency in doing such a thing.
Don’t bother with some asshat answer about how Kile’s widow should “Lighten up,” because the answer to both of the above questions is NO.
Oh, so Duran is receiving threats on his life.
Pity party for Duran. Ready ? 1…2…3…AAAAAAWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
He deserves a serious beatdown and the chance to spend some quality time in the ER.
A lie? No, it wasn’t. A lie implies intentional manipulation of the facts; intended deceit. I based my post on what I considered a fairly even-handed article I read yesterday, about the incident. If I got some of the facts wrong, I apologize, but that was the gist of the article.
As for whether I’m insane or a sadist…I don’t see how this follows, especially considering my moderate stance on the issue.
WSLer, I think what Duran did was despicable, and that he should have been fired. It was rude and insensitive to ask Flynn Kile such a thing.
However, Duran does NOT “deserve a serious beatdown and the chance to spend some quality time in the ER.”
Why?
Because that’s not how you handle that kind of insensitivity. You can’t hand out beatings to everyone you think slighted someone else. You can reprimand them, you can fire them, in some instances you can take them to court, but taking the law into your own hands leads to a kind of mob mentality that frankly, is dangerous and frightening.
I know sometimes we say things about people we really don’t mean, like “I could just KILL him!” However, I think yours IS meant, and I wondered about it.
I’m not trying to insult you, but things like worry me.