Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise

[bastardog]

Originally posted by WARF
Fuck Cory Lidle!

That motherfucker made me lose in the fantasy playoffs.. with his fucking baloon ERA and WHIP!!

FUCK YOU COREY LIDLE!!!
YOU FUCKING TALIBAN 9/11 WANNABE!!!!

At least you don't have to worry about having him on any other future league.

Imagine your self in front of your TV waiting for the first time, in like 20 year, that the Mets reach the 2 round in the playoff .....and a fucking Yankee crash his plane in you....
those yankees know how to be in the top news over the Mets...lossing or even dying

[Little Texan]

That flight instructor must have worked for al Qaida. If not, then I can't say much for his flight instruction, leading the guy to fly his plane right into the side of a Manhattan high rise! What was he even doing flying his plane around in downtown Manhattan, anyway? I thought that was a no fly zone after what happened on 9/11? Says alot about our "tightened" security when someone can just hop in a plane and fly around in a big city, unabaited. You know this is going to give those terrorists some ideas.

[Full Bug]

I'm surprised FORD hasnt pointed this out... It's been a few days now, but the building that Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle's plane hit in New York City did not collapse.... I was sure the 911 Commission stated that steel now melts from fire... Something is very wrong here!
:p

[bastardog]

well......the plane isn't the same size, so there isn't the same amount of fuel neither.

[BITEYOASS]

They need to put the entire Yankees Organizaton on suicide watch every time the Tigers kick they're asses.

[bastardog]

I think Pedro Martinez is going to do the Lidle act if the Cardinals win their series....... just that he will try to do it in a boat.

[Bob_R]

Originally posted by Full Bug
I'm surprised FORD hasnt pointed this out... It's been a few days now, but the building that Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle's plane hit in New York City did not collapse.... I was sure the 911 Commission stated that steel now melts from fire... Something is very wrong here!
:p

It was a cement/brick building dude.

No steel structured building before or since 911 has collasped due to fire fyi.

[Bob_R]

Originally posted by BITEYOASS
They need to put the entire Yankees Organizaton on suicide watch every time the Tigers kick they're asses.

It was the first time the teams ever met in the playoffs jackass.

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
It was a cement/brick building dude.

No steel structured building before or since 911 has collasped due to fire fyi.

Ummm, I was joking eh....

[Full Bug]

Yankees pitcher Lidle mourned at service
Oct 18



COVINA, Calif. - Three small planes flew over mourners at a memorial Tuesday for Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle, an emotional reminder to his family, friends and teammates that he died doing something he loved.

Following Lidle's funeral, hundreds of mourners did something else he enjoyed; they sat down to a luncheon of In-N-Out burgers, his favorite fast food.

The 34-year-old pitcher and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, were killed last Wednesday when Lidle's plane crashed into a Manhattan high-rise during an aerial tour of the city.

"Everybody was doing fine until the planes went over," Randy Wolf, Lidle's former teammate on the Philadelphia Phillies, said after the funeral.

Emotions ran high among hundreds of mourners during a 45-minute outdoor service. Men wiped away tears from behind dark glasses, and knots of family members shared long embraces near Lidle's gray casket, which was flanked by large color photos of the pitcher. Several people wore buttons with a photo of Lidle pitching and the words, "Forever in our hearts."

Near the conclusion of the service, dark gray clouds gave way to pockets of sunny, blue skies — perfect flying weather.

"I was one guy who would have gone up with him," said Phillies catcher Mike Lieberthal, whose plan to fly with Lidle during spring training never came off.

"It's just crazy to believe how something like that could happen," he said later at the reception where mourners gathered to laugh, cry and swap stories.

Lidle's wife, Melanie, briefly came out to thank those who had helped since her husband's death. After thanking her sister, Brandie Peters, and the Yankees and Major League Baseball, she dissolved into heaving sobs and was helped away.

The couple's 6-year-old son, Christopher, had hugged his mother during the service.

Among those at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Lidle's hometown were Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson and a contingent of Yankees: captain Derek Jeter, former high school teammate Jason Giambi, Jaret Wright, manager Joe Torre and general manager Brian Cashman.

"The nice thing was the way his family and friends spoke of him," Jackson said afterward. "It makes you reflect and appreciate life. He touched a lot of lives."

Jeter added: "It's rough. I feel for the family. I played with him a short time, but it didn't take long to see what kind of person he was."

Since Lidle's death, Torre said he has replayed the same image in his mind from New York's loss to Detroit in the AL division series.

"I go out to the mound and gave him the ball and I went out to the mound and took the ball away for the last time," Torre said. "We play a game and we think how important it is until you face something like this."

Also there were Oakland pitcher Barry Zito, Philadelphia players Pat Burrell and Chase Utley and former Yankees pitcher Aaron Small, who attended South Hills High in Covina with Lidle and Giambi.

"He had a zest for life. It was exciting to be around him," said Giambi, who lives a few blocks from the site of Lidle's crash.

Lidle had been a licensed pilot for less than a year. The 26-year-old Stanger was a veteran pilot and teacher who ran a tiny flight school in the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles. Investigators have not determined the cause of the crash or who was at the controls.

At the reception at Faith Community Church in West Covina, family and friends lined up outside a semitrailer for burgers from In-N-Out, the iconic, family owned Southern California chain.

"He was always bugging me to get him an endorsement," said Jordan Feagan, Lidle's agent and friend of 14 years.

During the service, family and friends mostly recalled Lidle's life away from baseball.

"Cory would have been so amazed at all the people here who admired him," said Peters, Melanie's sister. "He was a loving husband and an awesome father."

Two of Lidle's longtime friends, Paul Felberg and Warren Reed, took turns speaking, calling him by his nickname "Snacks," a reference to the pitcher's habit of devouring candy between innings.

"We were more like the `Goonies' than the entourage of studs you would expect him to be with," Felberg said.

Both men promised Melanie Lidle they would always look after her and the couple's son.

Small, the former Yankees pitcher, had been friends with Lidle and his twin brother, Kevin, since age 9. His father, Art, presided over the funeral.

"If there was a baseball game being played, me and Cory and Kevin were in it," the younger Small said, his voice breaking. "Cory was more than a friend. He was like a little brother to me."

Lidle pitched for seven teams during his nearly 10 years in the major leagues, posting an 82-72 record with a 4.57 ERA. He came to the Yankees in July, traded from Philadelphia, where he had signed a $6.3 million, two-year deal in November 2004.

Stanger's survivors include his pregnant wife, Stephanie, and an infant daughter. A service for Stanger is set for Saturday.

Lidle's family requested that donations be made to Stanger's family.

[BITEYOASS]

Originally posted by EVH FANATIC
It was the first time the teams ever met in the playoffs jackass.

I know that, but you have to admit that a team like the Yankees, whose current lineup thinks they are invicible because of the whole lengendary aura of greatness, lose to a team which a few years ago had the worst MLB W-L record of all time. Has to be a big blow to ones confidence.