ESPN.Com: Please update your database
I'm sure everyone remembers the tragic death of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile during the 2002 Major League Baseball Season. Well almost three full years later, ESPN.com has not updated its player database to reflect Kile's sudden and shocking passing. On its alphabetical list of players, Kile is actually still listed. I'd be willing to give ESPN a pass on this, since some other former players such as Paul Abbott and Bobby Bonilla are still listed. What is disturbing, though, is if you click on Kile's name, and then on "fantasy," a ghost-white screen tells you, "This player does not exist." No mention of his death, or news items from the ceremony celebrating his life, adorns his player page. I think that in light of what happened to Kile, ESPN could have taken a few steps to either delete him from its database, or at least removed some of the ho-hum, and extremely insensitive information. "This player does not exist" makes sense for Bonilla's fantasy profile, but not for Kile's. And if you think this was just an oversight, click on Ken Caminiti on the player list, and check out his fantasy prognosis. Look familiar?
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