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Jimothy51
10-11-2006, 05:47 PM
Just saw it on ESPNEWS. Tragic news. Kind of hard to believe he was just pitching 4 days ago.
§ane §oul
10-11-2006, 05:49 PM
Was he a lousy pitcher too?
Jimothy51
10-11-2006, 05:50 PM
Seriously, there is a time and place for that stuff and it is certainly not now.
a7x1337
10-11-2006, 05:51 PM
what the hell? it hasnt been confirmed that he was in it...has it?
YankeesSuck
10-11-2006, 05:54 PM
No way really? It wasn't the plane that crashed into that apartment building in New York was it?
a7x1337
10-11-2006, 05:55 PM
No way really? It wasn't the plane that crashed into that apartment building in New York was it?
from the news reports, the plane belonged to lidle. that's been confirmed.

but i havent heard anywhere that he was piloting in it.

and yeah, that's the plane they're referring to
§ane §oul
10-11-2006, 05:59 PM
Seriously, there is a time and place for that stuff and it is certainly not now.
Hey, the guy didn't get clearance from the tower before take-off. I suppose you consider that smart?
Shorty|*|RocK89
10-11-2006, 06:02 PM
He hasn't been confirmed dead.They said he owns the plane and CNN says "Pitcher feared Dead" so we still don't know.
§ane §oul
10-11-2006, 06:05 PM
He hasn't been confirmed dead.They said he owns the plane and CNN says "Pitcher feared Dead" so we still don't know.

Yes we do. They found his ID below the crash site.
jn_powell
10-11-2006, 06:07 PM
Looks official to me.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2621860
a7x1337
10-11-2006, 06:12 PM
this just in, yankees trade lidle and future considerations to red sox for josh beckett...

but seriously, this is unbelievable. i WONT believe it until i see an official statement from the nypd/fbi that it was cory lidle
dude22
10-11-2006, 06:14 PM
Yes we do. They found his ID below the crash site.

lol. i lold.
YankeesSuck
10-11-2006, 06:16 PM
4 people are dead, you think his family was with him? Or was it people in the building.
a7x1337
10-11-2006, 06:17 PM
4 people are dead, you think his family was with him? Or was it people in the building.
the reports are the pilot was alone in the plane, and the 3 other dead were in the building
Travmire
10-11-2006, 06:18 PM
I'm going to be completely honest, I'm in no way happy he died, but I don't care. I didn't know him personally or care about him when he was alive, so his death means about as much to me as any of the other thousands of people who have died today.

It will be annoying that there will be even more Yankee coverage distracting from the playoffs.

Consider me heartless or an ass if you want, but that's pretty much my whole reaction to it.
Chewy
10-11-2006, 06:22 PM
I'm going to be completely honest, I'm in no way happy he died, but I don't care. I didn't know him personally or care about him when he was alive, so his death means about as much to me as any of the other thousands of people who have died today.

It will be annoying that there will be even more Yankee coverage distracting from the playoffs.

Consider me heartless or an ass if you want, but that's pretty much my whole reaction to it.
I don’t think that is heartless at all it makes complete sense.
DontBottaMe13
10-11-2006, 07:46 PM
it is actually heartless ive seen him in plenty of interviews enough to know what hes all about as a person and he was a good one...RIP
a7x1337
10-11-2006, 07:49 PM
so, yeah. wow.
he is dead.

thats effing crazy.

RIP. sounds like a character.

funny, i didnt care about him so much when he was alive...i guess what they say is true about missing things when they're gone.
SupraTwinTurbo
10-11-2006, 08:27 PM
http://tsn.ca/mlb/news_story/?ID=180467&hubname=

got that from my sports channel here in Canada, but they are owned by ESPN. They also say that ESPN reports on this. I don't think it has been confirmed yet? Although it doesn't confirm he is dead, they are reporting it as if he is.

EDIT: I think hes dead... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15223650/
navid
10-11-2006, 08:47 PM
this is probably the most random piece of news in the history of god.
Owned
10-11-2006, 09:42 PM
I think it's sad and very unfortunate for that to happen to a guy like that...
a7x1337
10-11-2006, 10:00 PM
thought this was kind of weird on cory's espn player page :squint:

Oct. 11
News: Lidle has died in a plane crash in New York City, ESPNews reports.

Spin: For the fantasy spin for this player, click here.
Shorty|*|RocK89
10-11-2006, 10:17 PM
To Espn: Grow Up With These Stupid Remarks You Make. " This Guy Makes 3 Million A Season What Is He Doing Driving A Plane. " What Are You Doing Announcing.
Travmire
10-11-2006, 10:47 PM
it is actually heartless ive seen him in plenty of interviews enough to know what hes all about as a person and he was a good one...RIP

Yeah, you've seen him in a lot of interviews, but I haven't. To me, he's just a random person. I'm sure if one wanted, they could find a hundred other people who died today, all of which are as good of people as Lidle. There won't be national new stories about them.

I'm not saying you can't miss people you never met, but I never found Lidle's life interesting, why should his death be any different?

To Espn: Grow Up With These Stupid Remarks You Make. " This Guy Makes 3 Million A Season What Is He Doing Driving A Plane. " What Are You Doing Announcing.

The thing I thought was the worst was that they had been covering it for at least an hour, and they said that his family hadn't been notified yet. How could nobody bother to tell them?
Natedawg1848
10-11-2006, 11:22 PM
Its pretty sad, i mean, the guy knew he was probably up shit creak for a while before he crashed. Must suck to be making millions and millions of dollars and know you aren't going to live to spend it. Guess he plays for the Angels now.
jn_powell
10-11-2006, 11:30 PM
To Espn: Grow Up With These Stupid Remarks You Make. " This Guy Makes 3 Million A Season What Is He Doing Driving A Plane. " What Are You Doing Announcing.

I agree. Especially since he is safer in the plane than he was driving his car to the airport.
Face Plant
10-11-2006, 11:47 PM
Second Yankee to die learning to fly, Cory lidle joins Thurman Munson in plane on Yankee violence. Steinbrenner bans beards but doesn't care if they fly?
Shorty|*|RocK89
10-11-2006, 11:49 PM
I agree. Especially since he is safer in the plane than he was driving his car to the airport.

If his passion was flying then it was his destiny.It doesn't matter if he made $20,000 a year or $15 millon a year.
poopchow
10-11-2006, 11:54 PM
Really just crazy. He has flown during the season (dumb i think), but for this to happen.. is just unbelievable. I always thought he was just an average pitcher, but hearing about him and how he went about himself, it really makes you feel kinda shitty.

He was just a regular guy who played baseball.
DontBottaMe13
10-12-2006, 12:09 AM
Second Yankee to die learning to fly, Cory lidle joins Thurman Munson in plane on Yankee violence. Steinbrenner bans beards but doesn't care if they fly?

lidle actualy got in a fight with the yankees management about the plane but i guess they never followed through with it
beardo
10-12-2006, 12:25 AM
wonder what he was doing, im not saying it was suicide by any means but they showed a computer animation of teh crash on cnn and his plane did a u-turn into the city where he hit a building, i heard it may have been a blown engine, but the way he turned was so weird, theres no black box on the plane he was in, so there will always be unanswered questions about this tradgedy
YankeesSuck
10-12-2006, 12:40 AM
I heard his body was found in debris on the ground along with the other guy.
Travmire
10-12-2006, 01:12 AM
So... who's the greatest player to die in a plane crash?

I think it's Clemente, hands down.
Chemicalweapons
10-12-2006, 03:59 AM
Oh, this is horrible such bad news my heart goes out to the yankees... there gonna have to find another pitcher.
sinner78
10-12-2006, 09:40 AM
wont be long before the conspiracy nutjobs show up with theories about what happened and start checking dubyas movements on the day of the crash.

seriously ,RIP lidle.
Chewy
10-12-2006, 02:24 PM
So... who's the greatest player to die in a plane crash?

I think it's Clemente, hands down.
easy.


But I have to say at first I didn’t believe it… about Cory Lidle hitting a building… I mean the Yankees couldn’t hit anything this post season… (yes I went there.)

Joking aside these things are sad but at least he died doing something he loved, not many of us will have that opportunity.
AsHopeDies
10-12-2006, 02:44 PM
easy.


But I have to say at first I didn’t believe it… about Cory Lidle hitting a building… I mean the Yankees couldn’t hit anything this post season… (yes I went there.)

Joking aside these things are sad but at least he died doing something he loved, not many of us will have that opportunity.

wait...he loved flying airplanes into buildings? That's just wrong.

All joking aside, the strongest feeling I'm dealing with after this is just how much I hate the media. When it becomes a race to get the scoop and nobody is concerned with facts, then the system is really fucking flawed. I mean, everyone reported at least 4 people died, everyone reported it was only Lidle in the plane, everyone reported 3 people died in the buidling as a result of the crash. All of which they are saying now isn't the case, it was only a total of 2 deaths, Lidle and the flight instructor who was with him, and they are unsure who exactly was in control of the plane. wtf? I mean, you could follow it down the line. If, for example, Yahoo said it was four people, you could follow it down the line even on the 'net, bam CNN says 4, bam ESPN says 4, so on and so forth. The most obvious case of this shit, especially in recent events, was the miner situation in WV. I mean, how fucking terrible is it to have countless news sources saying they are all alive, and turns out that all but 1 is dead. Someone said they were alive and it was a dead sprint to tell people they were, not even a jog to find out if that was true or not.

news sucks
Chewy
10-12-2006, 03:12 PM
All joking aside, the strongest feeling I'm dealing with after this is just how much I hate the media. Well the media is only a reflection of our own selves, they raced out to gather info because WE wanted it, WE felt the need for the details. If it didn’t serve our desire to hear the gory details they would not have been out there. But at the same token it displayed how intense the scares from 9/11 truly are.
Mhael'72
10-14-2006, 07:30 AM
A sad story, and a damn shame.:wah:
YankeesSuck
10-14-2006, 02:03 PM
A plane Arod was on overan the runway yesterday, he is ok though. But if I was on the Yankees, I'd stay away from planes for a little.
a7x1337
10-14-2006, 03:08 PM
A plane Arod was on overan the runway yesterday, he is ok though. But if I was on the Yankees, I'd stay away from planes for a little.
my friend called me last night and said 'A-ROD GOT IN A PLANE CRASH'

i was disappointed when i found out what really happened :(
AsHopeDies
10-16-2006, 12:14 AM
Well the media is only a reflection of our own selves, they raced out to gather info because WE wanted it, WE felt the need for the details. If it didn’t serve our desire to hear the gory details they would not have been out there. But at the same token it displayed how intense the scares from 9/11 truly are.

yeah well, if WE want gory details so bad, then don't you think WE we want accurate gory details?
TheDawgPound72
10-16-2006, 06:16 PM
Lidle was a nigger
Jim Colyer
10-17-2006, 07:13 PM
This is very strange.