R.I.P. Cory Lidle?

Question

I am a "die-hard" Yankees fan, and I'd just like to tell the Yahoo! world that Cory Lidle shall rest in peace. Cory Lidle was only with us (NYY) for a while, but he was one of the best with us. He will always be remembered.

And I have just put in 5 of my points to "ask this." But I will because I believe that this has to be heard.

Cory Lidle
1972-2006

May he R.I.P.

Answer 1

Cory Fulton Lidle (March 22, 1972 – October 11, 2006) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for seven different teams in his nine-season career, last playing for the New York Yankees. Only four days after the team's 2006 season ended, the 34-year-old Lidle was killed when the airplane he was in crashed into a residential building in New York City.

Lidle was signed in 1990 by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent. After his release in 1993, he was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers. Lidle was then traded in 1996 to the New York Mets, and made his Major League debut for the Mets on May 8, 1997. Due to his participation as a replacement player during the 1994 baseball strike, he was not eligible to join the MLB Players Union. Lidle later appeared for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. His best season was 2001 when he went 13-6 with a 3.59 ERA (10th in the American League) for Oakland, helping the Athletics win the wild card. His career zenith occurred in August 2002, when Lidle gave up one run during the whole month (setting Oakland's consecutive innings without an earned run record), won all five of his starts, and was one of the primary drivers in the A's historic run of 20 straight wins. On July 30, 2006, Lidle was traded along with outfielder Bobby Abreu from the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for minor league shortstop C.J. Henry, the Yankees' first round pick in the 2005 draft, along with left-handed reliever Matt Smith, minor league catcher Jesus Sanchez, and minor league right hander Carlos Monasterios.

On October 11, 2006, a plane reportedly pending registration to Lidle with him onboard crashed into the Belaire Apartments complex on New York City's Upper East Side. The plane was reported to have lost RADAR contact around 56th Street, and crashed just North of 72nd. His death makes him the second Yankees player to die in a crash of a plane owned by the player, the first being Thurman Munson in 1979. Lidle's co-pilot/flight instructor, Tyler Stanger, also died in the crash. Because the plane, like all Cirrus Design SR-20, has dual controls, it's currently unknown whether Lidle or Stanger was piloting the aircraft at the time of the crash. Twenty-one people were injured in or as a result of the accident, half of them New York City firefighters. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner described Lidle's death as a "terrible and shocking tragedy that has stunned the entire Yankees organization" and offered his condolences to Lidle's wife and 6 year-old son. It is still not known why the plane crashed. Lidle talked to teammates before he left and told them he would be flying home to California, but would take a sight-seeing trip around Manhattan before he left. His plane was seen looping around the Statue of Liberty twice.

Lidle had learned to fly in an intensive bout of study with Stanger between the 2005 and 2006 seasons, after he had observed how easy this would make travel in the Southwestern United States. In an interview shortly before his death, he responded to concerns about player-pilots, like Munson, by insisting that his plane was safe, being equipped with a parachute for the entire plane.

Lord, comfort his family, friends, fans, and other mourners as all are deeply saddenned by this tragic sudden loss.

Answer 2

Yes, R.I.P Cory Lidle what a tragic way to die and I hope "Ike" dies a horrible death for making so many jokes about it on here
yesterday. We in Cleveland were taken back to the time when
Steve Olin & Tim Crews died in the boating accident at Spring
Training and Bobby Ojeda survived it. Tim Crews never got a
chance to play for the Indians in the regular season but we still
had a lot of respect for all of the victims and didn't make jokes
about it like they are doing to Cory Lidle

Answer 3

It's a wonder, but I'm sure that Cory Lidle would have flown again sometime, and may have found a similar fate. I'm really sorry about what happened to him. I wish his family and friends the best. They said there was a mayday call before his crash. I really don't want to fly right now. We have had a plane that hit another plane, that Brazilian plane crash that killed 155 people... Another plane that crashed before it got off the runway... I can't remember much more right now, but it doesn't seem like the aviation industry is doing well at all. They say it's safer to fly than to drive... Statistically. One life is just as important. That life could be a family member or friend of yours. Although they say those things, I feel better driving around than flying. I just feel better taking care of things in my own hands. I really hope that aviation improves dramatically to reduce accidents like these, and to restore my faith in flying.

Answer 4

God bless the man. RIP Cory Lidle

Answer 5

It is sad what happen to a great guy...
He was on his way home back to Cali, but B-4 he left it was said it looks like he was going to circle the Office,meaning the Staduim, one last time.
He will be misses by not only Yankee Fans but by Baseball Fans.

R.I.P Cory - May You Fly Staright to the Big Stadium in the Sky, and say Hi to Munson for Us... You Guys Will Forever Be Missed!

Answer 6

R.I.P. Cory Lidle.

Answer 7

Rip Cory very unexpected and sad after hearing the plane crash at 240 then finding out it was him around 530 shocking

Answer 8

I'm not a fan of them dam Yankees. but i am a die hart fan of baseball period so yes R.I.P. Mr. Lidle

Answer 9

Yes, RIP Cory...it is very,very sad to see anything like this happen.

Answer 10

Not a Yankee fan but feel very bad this happened. My condolence to his family.