Cory Lidle is a professional baseball player. He's a right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees and wears number 30. He is managed by pitching manager Ron Guidry.
Cory Lidle crashed his plane into The Belaire condominiums in New York City on Oct 11th, 2006.
Lidle recently pitched one and a half innings in the final game of the
Division Series against the Detroit Tigers and gave up 3 earned
runs. He had a 12-10 regular-season
record with a 4.85 ERA.
Cory Lidle pitched with the Phillies before coming to the NY Yankees. He started his
pro baseball career in 1997 with the Mets. He also pitched for a short stint for Tampa Bay, Oakland,
Toronto and... Read Full Story
Over Coffee this morning the usual suspects from the Buttonville flying club kicked around the idea that the tragic accident involving a Cirrus in New York City was caused by a stall out in a steep turn. As I fly C-GOPX, a Canadian registered Cirrus that is the same model and year as the plane involved I was asked to speculate as to if this was a possibility.
I can not say for certain what might have happened to Cory Lidle, who played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2003 and was... Read Full Story
NY Yankee Cory Lidle was a recreational pilot. He owned the plane
that crashed into The Belaire Apartments earlier today.
Authorities have not yet announced whether Lidle was piloting the plane
when it crashed, but it is likely.
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Canada.com pulled together statements from various people within the Yankees organization.
Linked from http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=45a3629d-fdbd-4b31-911f-08b8c5dcde16
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“This is a terrible and shocking tragedy that has stunned the entire Yankees organization. I offer my deep condolences and prayers to his wife, Melanie, and son, Christopher, on their enormous loss.” - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
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“Spending the last few months as Cory’s... Read Full Story
Unfortunately, no amount of money will bring Cory Lidle
back. His accident was tragic and its a loss to his family and to
the sport. But now his family might get hit with more bad news.
Cory Lidle was covered by the Major League Baseball Players'
union's benefit plan. The plan includes a $450,000 life insurance
benefit and an accidental death benefit of $ 1.05 million. But
the fine print of the plan includes an exclusion for "any incident
related to travel in an
aircraft . . . while... Read Full Story
