tibor75;631743; said:that's the great thing about this board. We each have our own style
Style. Yeah, that's the first word I'd use to describe your posting patterns. :tongue2:
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tibor75;631743; said:that's the great thing about this board. We each have our own style
How many different ways can tibor complain about something he understands completely? Over/under anyone?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.
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.
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.