damn! the end of corey lidle?

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cnn's reporting that the plane that crashed in to a condo by the east river was registered to and piloted by corey lidle. two confirmed dead, so far.

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

first Steinbrenner fakes the potential firing of Joe Torre to steal the Mets' thunder in the local press

NOW THIS

― ▒█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▒█▄█ , Wednesday, 11 October 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

a friend at NBC sports says lidle was the pilot...

― scrimhaw1837 (son_of_scrimshaw), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

Holy shit?!?!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

WTF??

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Was it A-Rod's condo?

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

It's a bit strange that Joe Torre, of all people, is the person confirming to the news outlets that this was Lidle's plane.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

zing!

― ▒█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▒█▄█ , Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Yanks pitcher dies as his plane crashes into building
amNewYork and Newsday
STAFF WRITERS

October 11, 2006, 5:05 PM EDT

http://www.newsday.com/am-plane1012,0,225622.story?coll=ny-hsports-headlines

Minutes before the crash, witnesses said the craft was flying erratically. Initial reports indicate that Lidle owns the Cirrus SR20, which took off from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport at about 2:30 p.m., and that he was the only person aboard the plane. His passport was found on the street.

― scrimhaw1837 (son_of_scrimshaw), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Wtf, ditch it in the East River?

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

holy shit.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

It's a bit strange that Joe Torre, of all people, is the person confirming to the news outlets that this was Lidle's plane.

-- NoTimeBeforeTime (mbvarkestra197...), October 11th, 2006.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/rgin/TomFrank.jpg

― Jimmy Mod is COMPLETELY MISERABLE SAN DIEGO (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:16 (nineteen years ago)

Wack. Damn.

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus: Yahoo reports that 4 were killed and that Lidle was on the plane, and that it "crashed into a 50-story condominium tower...raining flaming debris on sidewalks."

― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

goddamn, Steinbrenner is truly the puppetmaster.

― ▒█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▒█▄█ , Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

That's some crazy shit.

Arthur Rhodes: "He is a scab. When he started, he would go 51/3 innings and (the bullpen) would have to win the game for him. The only thing Cory Lidle wants to do is fly around in his airplane and gamble. He doesn't have a work ethic. After every start, he didn't run or lift weights. He would sit in the clubhouse and eat ice cream. ... He shouldn't say that, he shouldn't say anything like that because he is a scab. He crossed the line when guys like me, Flash (Tom Gordon) and (Mike) Lieberthal were playing. He is a replacement player."

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

this is so fucked up.

― maura (maura), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

so i guess both the detroit tigers and, uh, gravity are yankee killers this year?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

Former teammates also remembered him at the AL championship series in Oakland.

"We would call him 'Snacks' because he would eat Reese's between innings when he was pitching," Oakland pitcher Barry Zito said. "He'd have Whoppers, ice cream, all while throwing eight scoreless innings."

― gear (gear), Thursday, 12 October 2006 00:00 (nineteen years ago)

anybody think this wasn't a suicide?

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Thursday, 12 October 2006 00:02 (nineteen years ago)

Or murder-suicide as the case may be.

― mattbot (mattbot), Thursday, 12 October 2006 00:11 (nineteen years ago)

i don't think it was a suicide, i think he just fucked up. for once he didn't leave one hanging.

― ^@^ (map), Thursday, 12 October 2006 00:23 (nineteen years ago)

posted on ile:

hahahaha crazy aspect of this story #87234:

apparently mets third-base coach manny acta lives in the building.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 12 October 2006 02:02 (nineteen years ago)

I should probably feel bad for finding his espn page so funny:

Player News from ROTOWIRE
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.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 October 2006 04:40 (nineteen years ago)

optins stole my line

Mike & The Mad Dog having to defend bullying a dead athlete in his last on-air interview: grimly fiendish.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 October 2006 11:55 (nineteen years ago)

Kind of a morbid question, but it's been at the back of my mind: Lidle pitched for 7 teams. How many of them are going to retire his number? I can think of a few players who had jerseys retired due to untimely deaths (Fred Hutchinson, Jim Umbricht, Don Wilson), but it seems kind of rare.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Thursday, 12 October 2006 13:49 (nineteen years ago)

without trying to be cruel, I hope none. No one's gonna retire Ken Caminiti's number cuz, y'know, he brought it on himself.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 October 2006 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think the Cubs retired Ken Hubbs' number, either, so who knows.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

Non-superstar ballplayers dying young not unheard of (Bo Diaz, Danny Frisella)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

have they found the black box yet (or whatever a small aircraft's version of one is)?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

I posted on the ILE thread that just before the crash, like 15 minutes before, a distress call was picked up from the plane, so in all likelihood, not suicide.

― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

no black box on this craft, no requirement to file a flight plan. there seems to be a dispute as to whether or not there was a distress call. the ntsb flak i saw on cnn this am seemed to say otherwise.

tribe didn't retire steve (?) olin or todd (tim?) crews, did they?

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Thursday, 12 October 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/photos/2002-06-22-inside-kile2.gif

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 12 October 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

I'm guessing Lyman Bostock would look kind of outta place on the Dome's big upper-deck curtain next to Kirby + Hrbek

― nate p. (natepatrin), Thursday, 12 October 2006 17:59 (nineteen years ago)

~*tEaR*~

― c('°c) (Leee), Thursday, 12 October 2006 23:15 (nineteen years ago)

And so soon after the Buck O'Neil one. Good thing Thome was funny.

― nate p. (natepatrin), Friday, 13 October 2006 00:18 (nineteen years ago)

just wanted to clarify: the FAA reports that any evidence of a distress call are FALSE.

is there a link to any reports of a "out of sorts" lidle on a sports talk call-in show earlier in the day?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 13 October 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

i posted a link to the actual call on the ile thread

― ^@^ (map), Friday, 13 October 2006 17:36 (nineteen years ago)

and that link is dead.

the FAA said that there was no distress call, where's Oliver Stone?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 13 October 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)

Back, and to the left.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 13 October 2006 18:18 (nineteen years ago)

"That's one magic LOOGY."

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 13 October 2006 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

More Puppetmastery:

A-Rod's plane overshot a runway at Burbank Airport this afternoon and narrowly avoided colliding into a fence.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 13 October 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

Good thing A-Rod can't hit anything this time of year. NUH-HYUK

― nate p. (natepatrin), Monday, 16 October 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)

Hundreds of family, friends and teammates remembered Lidle on Tuesday at an emotional 45-minute outdoor service in his hometown. At a reception later, they munched on In-N-Out burgers, his favorite fast food.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

I totally want In-N-Out to cater my funeral... that is unless I die of obesity.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

The always-dangerous "light wind" is determined to be the cause of the accident.

link

― mattbot (mattbot), Friday, 3 November 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)

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