Cory Lidle's plane crashes in NYC

[ondeadline]

The New York Times also spells his first name "Corey."

 

[Columbo]

Mike and the Mad Dog, arguing with Lidle 48 hours ago, are now saying to postpone the Mets game.

Oh... puhhhlease.

To honor a baseball player?

Who may have killed three people?

There is at least one report out there that the plane was forking around.

Game ppd. for rain though.

A former Met and current MLBer killed in a plane crash miles from Shea? I don't think it's as outlandish to postpone the game as you say.

And we probably won't know for weeks if pilot error caused the crash, so let's not go assuming he was forking around.

Edit: I see your point about how the game wouldn't be cancelled if four non-players were killed. But how would postponing the Mets game be any different than a company closing up shop for a period of time following the death of one of its employees?

So, the A's game should be postponed?

 

[wickedwritah]

To honor a baseball player?

Who may have killed three people?

There is at least one report out there that the plane was forking around.

MAY have killed ...

ONE report ...

Yeah, let's jump to conclusions.

You wouldn't cancel the game if four NON-baseball players were killed in a crash.

forking utter lack of logic.

Go ahead, avoid the issue. I said nothing about cancelling the game. You just decided to jump to conclusions. Yeah, I'm sure you'd fork around with a plane over the East River and a bunch of skyscrapers. Great place to do some loop-de-loos. Dickhead.

Of course, the fact that Lidle pitched for the Mets for a season might be a reason to cancel, if they so decide.

 

[Columbo]

No one is reporting this - ESPN, MLB.com, what have you - as of 5:32. Someone's seemingly jumping to conclusions, unless the radar looks that bleak.

Ohhhh... it looks like one of those it-will-be-shirtty-from-the-break-of-dawn-till-midnight days in NYC.

That ain't clearing up.

 

[Columbo]

To honor a baseball player?

Who may have killed three people?

There is at least one report out there that the plane was forking around.

MAY have killed ...

ONE report ...

Yeah, let's jump to conclusions.

You wouldn't cancel the game if four NON-baseball players were killed in a crash.

forking utter lack of logic.

Go ahead, avoid the issue. I said nothing about cancelling the game. You just decided to jump to conclusions. Yeah, I'm sure you'd fork around with a plane over the East River and a bunch of skyscrapers. Great place to do some loop-de-loos. Dickhead.

Of course, the fact that Lidle pitched for the Mets for a season might be a reason to cancel, if they so decide.

How many of his teammates are still on the Mets?

 

[beefncheddar]

Of course, the fact that Lidle pitched for the Mets for a season might be a reason to cancel, if they so decide.

FWIW, he pitched for the A's more recently than the Mets.

And, no, I don't think the game should be called off.

 

[Columbo]

Now Bloomberg says 2 on board dead: 1 instructor, 1 student

Did you just echo yourself?

 

[Oz]

And if Pat Gillick hadn't made that shirtTY, shirtTY Abreu trade, Cory Lidle (and whoever else died) would still be alive.

Blood's on your hands, Pat.

/phanboy looser

No, blood is not on Gillick's hands. He never told Lidle to got on that plane or fly that plane. He had nothing to do with this. Lidle might have done it just the same had the trade never happened, especially if he lived in NYC like so many players on the East Coast do.

RIP Cory Lidle.

 

[Armchair_QB]

So the latest report is two dead, Lidle and his instructor?

 

[Columbo]

And if Pat Gillick hadn't made that shirtTY, shirtTY Abreu trade, Cory Lidle (and whoever else died) would still be alive.

Blood's on your hands, Pat.

/phanboy looser

No, blood is not on Gillick's hands. He never told Lidle to got on that plane or fly that plane. He had nothing to do with this. Lidle might have done it just the same had the trade never happened, especially if he lived in NYC like so many players on the East Coast do.

RIP Cory Lidle.

Dude....

NO ... ONE... in any seriousness said Gillick had any responsibility.

Yet, leave it to you to respond as such.

 

[BYH]

Of course, the fact that Lidle pitched for the Mets for a season might be a reason to cancel, if they so decide.

FWIW, he pitched for the A's more recently than the Mets.

Forgot about that.

So yes, now I do think both games should be postponed a night.

 

[fatking]

Maybe I'm insensitive and cynical, but why do people insist on piloting these small planes. There seems to be at least a prominent person dying every year because of this. And, if this was a pitcher from Tampa Bay, would this really be dominating the WWL... I understand the original 9/11 concerns, but they seem to have moved past those....