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Cory Lidle (Official Thread)

ESPN only talking about one topic ad nauseum? Yes, that's really surprising. :rolleyes:
tibor75;631197; said:
No, it's still a tragedy. I'm sure some guy in Canton, OH died in tragic circumstances today. Why don't we run a story on him too?

I can undestand the media caring if Randy Johnson or Curt Schilling died. These are famous people.. But who the hell cares about Corey Lidle? He's just a guy who died in a plane crash today. The only thing "interesting" in this story was that there was concern it was a terrorist attack and it ran into a building. Corey LIdle's invovlement is meaningless.
How many different ways can tibor complain about something he understands completely? Over/under anyone?
 
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StadiumDorm;631713; said:
I can't believe I'm coming to Tibor's defense here, but I seriously doubt Lidle's family cares what some guy in Pittsburgh has to say on a Buckeye message board about what happened.

And to a certain extent, maybe Tibor is right. Lidle wasn't a dominating pitcher in the sense that would have warranted round-the-clock coverage from ESPN. It may seem insensitive to say that, but people die everyday, many under tragic circumstances, and they don't even get nary a blurb on local television sometimes.

It would be a head scratcher for a normal person to get that much coverage, and it's a head scratcher that Lidle received this much coverage.

to each his own i guess. i still think it's disrespectful
 
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ABJ

Lidle's insurance benefits in question

RONALD BLUM

Associated Press

NEW YORK - Cory Lidle's beneficiaries could lose out on a $1.5 million benefit from baseball's benefit plan if it's determined that he was piloting his plane when it crashed into a Manhattan high-rise condominium.
While Lidle wasn't a member of the Major League Baseball Players Association licensing plan because he was a replacement player during the 1994-95 strike, the New York Yankees pitcher was covered by the union's benefit plan.
The plan calls for a $450,000 life insurance benefit and has an accidental death benefit of $1.05 million. However, the plan - which applies to all big leaguers - contains an exclusion for "any incident related to travel in an aircraft ... while acting in any capacity other than as a passenger."
Lidle and his flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, were killed Wednesday when Lidle's four-seat Cirrus SR20 crashed into a building on the Upper East Side. While Lidle was the registered owner of the aircraft, it has not been confirmed who was at the controls.
Lidle is survived by his wife, Melanie, and 6-year-old son, Christopher. The person he designated as his beneficiary was not immediately known.
In addition, Lidle's wife is entitled to a widow's benefit under baseball's plan.
Lidle had 9 years, 100 days of major league service - 72 days shy of being fully vested. Because of that, his wife would be entitled to about $165,000 to $170,000 annually, which is 95 percent of the maximum, an amount indexed for inflation. There is an additional dependent benefit.
Lidle had just completed a $6.3 million, two-year contract that he signed with Philadelphia prior to the 2005 season.
 
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NTSB: Wind blew Lidle plane off course

By LESLIE MILLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A light wind was cited by federal investigators Friday for blowing a small airplane carrying Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle off course and into a New York City high-rise on Oct. 11.
The National Transportation Safety Board said the wind, coupled with the pilot's inability to turn sharply, forced the aircraft away from its intended path over the East River and into the building.
The airplane, which also carried flight instructor Tyler Stanger, struck the building and fell 30 stories to the street below. Investigators do not say whether they determined who was at the controls of the Cirrus SR20.
The report issued Friday said the airplane was flying along the East River between Manhattan and Queens when it attempted a U-turn with only 1,300 feet of room for the turn. To make a successful turn, the aircraft would have had to bank so steeply that it might have stalled, the NTSB said in an update on the crash.
Lidle and Stanger were making an aerial tour of Manhattan before flying back to California.
Though Stanger was an experienced pilot, Lidle was not.
Investigators found no problem with the propeller and engine, nor did they find any evidence of a fire or other damage while the airplane was in flight.
If the pilot used the full width of the river to turn, he would have had 2,100 feet, the NTSB said. Instead, the pilot was flying closer to the middle of the river, leaving a smaller margin for error, the staff report said.
Two days after the accident, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered small, fixed-wing planes not to fly over the East River unless the pilot is in contact with air traffic controllers.
Small planes could previously fly below 1,100 feet along the river without filing flight plans or checking in with air traffic control. The FAA said the rule change ? a temporary one ? was made for safety reasons.
The NTSB's update outlined factual information about the crash, but did not conclude what the probable cause of the crash was. The full board will likely vote on a ruling at a later date
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061103/ap_on_go_ot/high_rise_plane_crash_3
 
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