While there's a ton of commentary from various journalists about the death of Corey Lidle, its always interestiing to hear from his friends and past/present teammates. Barry Zito has an entry up on his MLBlog that tells a bit about his friendship with Lidle. In addition to that, he has a recap of   more...
Original Story: http://barryzito.mlblogs.com/.

Cyril Morong of 'Beyond the Boxscore' created two 15 player lists, one of pitchers who improved from the 2005 to 2006, the other of players who declined. He used a statistic called RSAA which means "the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It is   more...
Original Story: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/story/2....

The trio in the booth can't seem to agree on how to pronounce Craig Monroe's last name. Is it MON-roe or mon-ROE? At least Steve Lyons is consistent. He goes with MON-roe, and also refers to the Tigers hometown as DEE-troit. Know what? They should ask the cops who arrested him for stealing that   more...
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ESPN has just confirmed that Cory Lidle was the pilot in today's plane crash in Manhattan. Lidle was one of at least four already confirmed dead by the medical examiner. Lidle was the only person aboard the plane. The other victims were in the building at the time of the crash.
Original Story: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story....

Who to Get:Juan Pierre, OF, Cubs: OK, yes, he's been ranked as one of the biggest busts/overrated players/overpaid players in MLB. But look at the stats. Ever since his weak .231 start with a .277 OBP, Pierre has been on the rise, raising his BA to .280 and his OBP to .324. Quite impressive.   more...

Wait.. what?Yep, that's right. ESPN has late New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle listed as being activated from the Toronto Blue Jays 15-day disabled list. Cory Lidle, if you don't remember, died in 2006 when he flew his private plane into the side of a NYC building.
Original Story: http://thebiglead.com/?p=5148.

New Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle didn't waste any time before giving reporters his thoughts about his former Philly teammates. "Unfortunately, over the past few years, I haven't had a clubhouse that expected to win with me," Lidle said. "We'd go to the field and it's almost a coin-flip whether the   more...
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Cory Lidle died in a plane crash on 72 st. and York, he flew into a building and crashed on the 42nd fl. Cory Lidle and his instructer died along with a least two others who were eitheir on the ground or in the building. The plane was believed to have crashed when the right wing dipped. This plane   more...
Original Story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2....

New York will get not only outfielder Bobby Abreu, but also starting pitcher Corey Lidle in the deal. In excahnge, the Phillies will get 2005 first rounder C.J. Henry, reliever Matt Smith and a minor-leaguer to be named.Great deal for the Yankees. They don't move Tabata or Hughes and get the   more...
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Small plane just crashed into NYC building. Radio reports that it was registered to Cory Lidle. See article about his flying pursuits.
Original Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/sports....

Following up on my previous post about Barry Zito's blog (http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/3334), Cliff Floyd of the Mets also talks about the impact of Lidle's death on him. It's another heartfelt look at how something like this affects the players themselves.
Original Story: http://clifffloyd.mlblogs.com/clifffloyd....

The NTSB has determined that Cory Lidle's crash was due to a light wind that blew the plane off-course and into the Eastside high rise. More importantly, they said that Lidle was trying to make a U-turn over the East River, with a questionable amount of room to do so. So... operator error.
Original Story: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/03/cory.li....

According to CNN, the plane that crashed into the apartment building in Manhattan was piloted by Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle. Lidle has reportedly died in the crash. Lidle's passport was reportedly found on the street below the crash. R.I.P.Apparently, Lidle's flying was an issue for the Yankees but   more...
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According to The Frog's source on the Mets staff, it's currently a surreal scene at Shea Stadium. While the National League Championship series game has been rained out, the press room and locker room remain packed with players and a multitude of media members that have stuck around to talk about   more...
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Citing concerns over weather, MLB finally scheduled the makeup Mets/Cards game for Friday at 8:05 and moved the Tigers/A's game to 4:30. In addition, both games with have a moment of silence to remember the life of Corey Lidle.
Original Story: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs20....