AND A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD THEM :

Kile signed boy's glove the day before his death (Associated Press, 7/01/02)

A boy who got an autograph and had a photo taken with Darryl Kile the day before the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher was found dead plans to send the items to Kile's family.

Sean Zak, 10, had his baseball glove signed by Kile and then posed for a photo with him while attending the Cardinals' game in Chicago on June 21.

"He was thoughtful enough to take the time to give something to us, and we would like to give him some respect back," Troy Zak, Sean's father, said. "We'd just like to thank the family and let them know that he touched a young boy's life."

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 1, 2002 7:09 PM