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Mark Feinsand / MLB.com:
Yankees' Lidle killed in plane crash — Small plane slams into Manhattan high-rise building — NEW YORK — Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle died in an airplane accident in New York City on Wednesday afternoon when a plane he was piloting crashed into a 50-story building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
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ESPN:
Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise — NEW YORK — A small plane piloted by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, killing at least four people, authorities said. — Lidle died in the crash.
CNN:
Airplane crashes into Manhattan high-rise … NEW YORK (CNN) — A small airplane crashed into a 50-story residential building on Manhattan's East Side on Wednesday, killing at least two people, the New York City Fire Department and New York City Police Department said.
Associated Press:
Lidle presumed dead in plane crash into NYC condo — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — NEW YORK — A small plane carrying New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing him and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto …
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New York Times:
Yankee Dies in Plane Crash, Official Says — Corey Lidle, a pitcher for the New York Yankees, was killed today when a plane crashed into a residential high-rise building on New York City's Upper East Side, igniting several apartments before pieces of the aircraft crashed to the ground …
Deadspin:
Plane That Crashed Into NYC Building Flown By Yanks' Cory Lidle — So the plane that crashed into the Belaire buildling on the Upper East Side of Manhattan about two hours ago, freaking everybody around here the hell out? — Turns out, according to the FAA, it was licensed to, of all people, Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle.
Bernie Miklasz / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Don Tony's Cards resist mob mentality — NEW YORK — Apparently the NLCS is over, even before it begins. Here is the itinerary that's been planned for the Cardinals: Take the 7 Train to Shea Stadium, then get run over and flattened by the Mets Express. Just go home, and save yourself some trouble.
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Joe Strauss / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:Underdog Cardinals are ready to take on the Big Apple
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Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Reyes on, Marquis off NLCS roster — Rookie likely to start Game 4 at Busch Stadium — NEW YORK — The Cardinals made just one change to their roster from the Division Series to this week's National League Championship Series, but it was a significant one.
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Tim Marchman / New York Sun:
Expect the Mets To Win the Pennant — While you might not have been able to tell by reading the papers the last few days, the best baseball team in New York is still playing, and they're going to win the pennant. — It was clear from the first days of his tenure with the Mets that Willie Randolph …
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Associated Press:
Cashman: Yankees not looking to trade A-Rod — NEW YORK — Joe Torre will be back with the New York Yankees and it looks as though A-Rod will be, too. — General manager Brian Cashman said the team had no intention of trading Alex Rodriguez, who failed to drive in a run in the playoffs …
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Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Piniella likes 'challenge' of Cubs job — North Siders top his list; Rangers, Giants interested — OAKLAND, Calif. — If the Cubs want veteran manager Lou Piniella, the feeling appears to be mutual — especially with the New York Yankees no longer an option for 2007.
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Sam Borden / NY Daily News:
Surgery ahead for Unit's back — Randy Johnson almost certainly will have back surgery in the coming weeks to repair a herniated disk, and it's possible that he may not be ready to start spring training on time, GM Brian Cashman said yesterday. — Still, the Big Unit is expected to be ready for Opening Day.
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Jim Caple / ESPN:
Tigers get big boost from little-known Inge … OAKLAND, Calif. — Some things in baseball, like organ music and Jim Palmer's hair, are constants. Consider the No. 9 hitter, who is always: — A) The nose-picking kid you pick last on the sandlot and stick in right field and when he bats …
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Cutoff Man
Josh Levin / Slate:
In Search of Clutch Pitching — IS TOM GLAVINE THE BEST IN BASEBALL WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN? — The baseball playoffs can drive even the most sensible minds to hyperbole. When you hear in the next few weeks that Albert Pujols is the best right-handed hitter ever, or that Jose Reyes …
Jay Jaffe / Baseball Prospectus:
Playoff Prospectus — NLCS Preview — The beginning of the postseason marked a chance for Willie Randolph's Mets to consummate something the baseball world had anticipated for at least four months, the chance to show that their regular-season dominance was no fluke.
Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Rivalry is rich in memories — NEW YORK — It has been 20 years since the New York Mets won the World Series, and the differences between the 1986 Mets and this year's potential champions are as many as the changes in the game itself in the past two decades.
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