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Yankees pitcher flies plane into hi-rise building in New Yor
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:02 pm
by JPFair
What the hell is going on in New York? I just heard that Yankees pitcher, Corey Lidle flew a plane into a hi-rise condo building in New York. WTF?
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:05 pm
by JPFair
O.K. He might not have actually flown the plane, but it was owned by him and he was on board. I'm willing to bet that because of the upscale neighborhood, he probably was living there and wanted to see what it looked like by air.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... lane_x.htm
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:39 am
by tcwest10
Corey Lidle...AKA "The other guy" in the trade-deadline deal that brought Abreu to the Yankees.
Ironically, I was listening to Mike Francesca and Chris Russo tearing into him the other day about some comments he made immediately after the Game Four debacle that sent the Yankees home for good. Lidle actually called into the program and tried to say that they were taking his quotes out of context. Francesca, in typical Francesca mode, sicced Russo on the poor guy, who was barely able to complete a sentence during the whole 15 minute segment.
Bet they're real proud of themselves now. Sometimes, you don't get a chance to apologize...ever.
Makes you think.
Towards the end of the rip, Lidle said to Mike Francesca that he'd like to meet him sometime, so that Francesca could get to know what kind of guy Lidle really is, and not just go by what he thinks of him through odd quotes. Francesca said in reply, "I never think about you at all, to be honest".
Jesus.
RIP, Corey. I know you did your very best every time you went out, and it was always good enough for me.
Edit:
Incidentally, I notice that his passing comes 12 hours short of nine years to the day that John Denver was killed in a small, experimental-type aircraft...and that he (as, some media report, did Lidle) mayday'd for fuel problems.
You'd think things like this would only happen a few times before a change is made.
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:21 am
by redskindave
That had to be scary for the people of New York, Alot of thoughts going back to 9/11... Its a shame that it happened.. God bless those injured and lost in the accident