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Chief Knockahoma
10-11-2006, 05:54 PM
from ESPN.com...

New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle was the pilot of a small airplane that crashed into a 50-story condominium in Manhattan, and Lidle is one of two confirmed dead.
hotcorner33
10-11-2006, 06:00 PM
Oh my goodness. wow. I'm just trying to make sense of what is going on here. Wow. That is incredibly sad. He leaves behind wife of 9 years and a 6 year old son. How terrible.
Nasadega
10-11-2006, 06:05 PM
wtf
Adam's Army
10-11-2006, 06:09 PM
This is terrible, very sad.
Vuchato
10-11-2006, 06:13 PM
RIP Cory
McCarroll21
10-11-2006, 06:58 PM
You have to wonder if it was suicide or something.Or a plane failure. Man, some people have such incredible outlook on life. Everything has to be the worst it can possibly be.

I hate it for Cory and his family. I hate it for the Phillies and Yankees who went to war with him everyday this season, and I hate it for baseball.

I don't know much else to say, RIP.
vnodnarb
10-11-2006, 07:31 PM
very sad, RIP
lavell12
10-11-2006, 08:00 PM
This is very sad news and I believe MLB should postponed tonights playoffs games. Thats just the correct thing to do, diffenetly since Lidle played for both the Mets and A's in the past.

RIP Cory
oyhstah crachah
10-11-2006, 08:15 PM
damn... I saw that about two minutes ago on the dell webpage as I opened up explorer, and got this incredibly said sinking feeling in my chest. RIP Cory Lidle...
hotcorner33
10-11-2006, 08:47 PM
Or a plane failure. Man, some people have such incredible outlook on life. Everything has to be the worst it can possibly be.

I hate it for Cory and his family. I hate it for the Phillies and Yankees who went to war with him everyday this season, and I hate it for baseball.

I don't know much else to say, RIP.


okay. That was stupid on my part.
Jsh1284
10-11-2006, 09:07 PM
I saw that as it was breaking earlier this evening. Terrible news.

Early reports say he reported "fuel problems" very shortly after takeoff. I also heard there was thick/low cloudcover over the apple.

Sounds like he was losing altitude and/or became disoriented in the clouds ... and just happened to fly into manhattan.

Just a theory ... all in all, very sad news and a terrible day for baseball.
McCarroll21
10-12-2006, 01:50 PM
A few quotes from Tim Hudson on Cory Lidle.

ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/braves/stories/2006/10/11/1012lidlereact.html)"Cory was a great friend and teammate to me and anyone who played with him," Hudson said. "The first thing I thought of was his family. He has a son who is just a little older than my daughter, and our families were very close when we played together in Oakland." MLB.com (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061011&content_id=1709406&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb)"Cory was a true family man and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family," said Tim Hudson, the Braves pitcher who was a teammate of Lidle in Oakland. "A lot of us have lost a teammate, but they have lost a husband and father, and that's tragic."
Sportscenter had these quotes combined into one, but I couldn't find an article that had them combined. Appears that Huddy and Lidle were more than just teammates. It seems that Lidle was much more respected by his teammates than the world of baseball gave him credit for.