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Deberg_1990
10-11-2006, 08:31 PM
All Cory Lidle....All the time...

I think i only need to hear the story once...
Rain Man
10-11-2006, 08:33 PM
Have they interviewed Peyton Manning about it yet?
JBucc
10-11-2006, 08:34 PM
I didn't have ESPN when he died but, did DT get half this much coverage?
CoMoChief
10-11-2006, 08:35 PM
He's a Yankee, so that means this story will go on for at least a week. No disrespect to him, but if this was Mike Sweeney (KC's "superstar" player) this story would last for maybe a couple of days.
dr00d
10-11-2006, 08:37 PM
maybe he was depressed that they got swept in the playoffs...ba dum ching!
Megbert
10-11-2006, 08:37 PM
What will TO do next to steal the limelight??
Deberg_1990
10-11-2006, 08:38 PM
No disrespect to him, but if this was Mike Sweeney (KC's "superstar" player) this story would last for maybe a couple of days.

I highly doubt it. It would probably get a few blurbs on Sportscenter, but it wouldnt make 24/7 blanket coverage.

The only reason this is getting run is because its the Big Apple and its errie resemblance to 9/11
cdcox
10-11-2006, 08:45 PM
The only reason this is getting run is because its the Big Apple and its errie resemblance to 9/11

Yup. It was getting continuous coverage as soon as it happened, even before they knew it was a yank.

I've deleted more than one tasteless joke since this happened.
Deberg_1990
10-11-2006, 08:47 PM
Yup. It was getting continuous coverage as soon as it happened, even before they knew it was a yank.

I've deleted more than one tasteless joke since this happened.

Yea, and about 90% of the media's big guns are already stationed in New York.
Frazod
10-11-2006, 08:48 PM
What will TO do next to steal the limelight??

Die, hopefully.
Archie F. Swin
10-11-2006, 08:51 PM
After further review the NFL says he was blocked into the building.
Deberg_1990
10-11-2006, 08:51 PM
Die, hopefully.

But he has 25 million reasons not to die!!!
Frazod
10-11-2006, 08:52 PM
BTW - had anybody here ever even heard of this guy before?
JBucc
10-11-2006, 08:53 PM
BTW - had anybody here ever even heard of this guy before?I'd heard of him because he was in the Abreu trade. Other than that I had no idea who he was.
Deberg_1990
10-11-2006, 08:55 PM
BTW - had anybody here ever even heard of this guy before?

I think he played in 1/3 of an inning once back in June
Frazod
10-11-2006, 08:58 PM
Well, they're playing him up like he won Game 7 of the World Series. Anything to attempt to steal Fox's thunder while they're showing the A's game, I guess.

It's unfortunate that he died, but Roberto Clemente he ain't.
Miles
10-11-2006, 09:02 PM
BTW - had anybody here ever even heard of this guy before?

Solid enough middle of the rotaiton guy. I think the Reds had him for a bit not too long ago.
Deberg_1990
10-11-2006, 09:03 PM
Well, they're playing him up like he won Game 7 of the World Series. Anything to attempt to steal Fox's thunder while they're showing the A's game, I guess.

It's unfortunate that he died, but Roberto Clemente he ain't.

Agreed.....i didnt watch ESPN over the weekend but how much run did they give Buck O Neil?? IM betting he didnt get the 24/7 treatment??
Frazod
10-11-2006, 09:05 PM
Agreed.....i didnt watch ESPN over the weekend but how much run did they give Buck O Neil?? IM betting he didnt get the 24/7 treatment??

Well, c'mon, Buck didn't play for the YANKEES so he really doesn't matter.

Where is that Kansas City place again??? :spock:
Miles
10-11-2006, 09:06 PM
Random memory kicking in right now but I remember watching him go deep into a no-hitter at some random bar back when he was with the A's.
cdcox
10-11-2006, 09:08 PM
Something tells me that being somewhat remembered for being a pioneer and ambassador for blacks in baseball is a whole lot better than getting a ton of recognition for crashing a plane into a building.
NaptownChief
10-11-2006, 09:30 PM
Even though Lidle wasn't a superstar it is still a huge story....I'm mean there are some things you just don't forget and a baseball player flying his plan into a building in the middle of Manhattan is certainly one of them. Most baseball fans will remember this 50 years from now just because it is so bizzare.
Rain Man
10-11-2006, 09:33 PM
Random memory kicking in right now but I remember watching him go deep into a no-hitter at some random bar back when he was with the A's.

No-hitter...there's some irony for you.
stevieray
10-11-2006, 09:35 PM
Even though Lidle wasn't a superstar it is still a huge story....I'm mean there are some things you just don't forget and a baseball player flying his plan into a building in the middle of Manhattan is certainly one of them. Most baseball fans will remember this 50 years from now just because it is so bizzare.


man, paper airplanes have come a long way.
cdcox
10-11-2006, 09:36 PM
No-hitter...there's some irony for you.

I bet you've said his name out loud more than twice today.
NaptownChief
10-11-2006, 09:44 PM
I still remember Bo Diaz taking himself out by dropping a satellite dish on himself.
ChiefsFanatic
10-11-2006, 11:37 PM
Have they interviewed Peyton Manning about it yet?

Did they report on what T.O. thought about the situation? I thought it was ESPN policy that every story had to contain something about T.O.
Sure-Oz
10-11-2006, 11:54 PM
Thats pretty horrible what happend, defiently crazy.
Demonpenz
10-11-2006, 11:58 PM
it was legal the building was stopping him from getting to the endzone
Ultra Peanut
10-12-2006, 05:05 AM
Agreed.....i didnt watch ESPN over the weekend but how much run did they give Buck O Neil?? IM betting he didnt get the 24/7 treatment??Are you honestly surprised that an active baseball player crashing a plane into a skyscraper in Manhattan is considered a little more newsworthy than a 94-year-old passing away?
Hound333
10-12-2006, 08:00 AM
If Lidle had lived to 94 and died like Buck it would have been little more than a 5 second "Former Yankee ......" Now onto the latest development, the Yankee's pushed their payroll to 2.7 billion a year ect...