Dying Boy Brought In To Cheer Up Kansas City Royals

by limecat on Oct 2, 2005 2:51 AM PDT

Shamelessly stolen from The Onion.

KANSAS CITY--Desperate to give their last-place, 100-loss team something to smile about, the Royals arranged to have a terminally ill little boy pay a visit to their clubhouse Tuesday. Danny Gladstone, 8, a leukemia sufferer who is expected to live just long enough to see the Royals make a run at setting a franchise record for losses, arrived at Kauffman Stadium at 11 a.m., and was immediately swarmed by players excited to see someone else who wouldn't be around in October. "I can't even explain how uplifting it is to see somebody who soon won't have to put up with the pain and misery anymore," Royals first baseman and team captain Mike Sweeney said. "Even though we have to endure the same terrible fate again come April, Danny, unlike the Royals organization, will be in a far better place." Sweeney concluded the meeting by promising the boy he would ground into a double play for him during that night's game.

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Of all the times to post a tasteless joke...

This was not the time Limecat. Here's hoping this diary gets canned soon.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-notredame-weis-dyingwish&prov=ap&type=lgns

by grover on Oct 2, 2005 3:17 AM PDT reply actions

oh c'mon grover

yes people are dying of cancer every day and so it's never a good time and it's perhaps not in great taste, but most of us were not aware of this notre dame story. on the other hand, i know someone who suffered with cancer who would've enjoyed the joke. she was not, however, a royals fan.

jeez, now i'm going to have to go to the AN confessional because i stood up for tasteless jokes, making light of t

by danh on Oct 2, 2005 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions

The ND story

Was on an AN thread.

The secret to comedy is timing...

Limecat's was off.

by grover on Oct 2, 2005 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions

anything

Limecat you deserve death, preferably from some form of cancer. But on the flip side anything worth being serious about is worth joking about.

by CyberFT on Oct 2, 2005 6:16 PM PDT reply actions

The real crime here

is in not choosing better sick humor.

A doctor calls his patient to say, "I'm sorry, but I have very bad news. You have cancer, and you also have Alzheimer's Disease." The patient replies, "Well, at least I don't have cancer."

Thanks, folks, I'm here all week.

Nico

by Nico on Oct 2, 2005 6:30 PM PDT reply actions