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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.
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Yankees pitcher presumed dead after plane crashes into high-rise in New York City — NEW YORK (AP) — A small plane carrying New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story skyscraper Wednesday, apparently killing the pitcher and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion:
Always Amazin'
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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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
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Kurt / Mack Avenue Tigers:
ALCS Game 1: Tigers win, but will it be costly? — The Tigers got on Barry Zito early for five runs and knocked him out in the fourth inning. Nate Robertson pitched five innings of shutout baseball. They weren't the most uneventful of innings, but the runs column still read 0 when Fernando Rodney came into the game.
Detroit Tigers:
Like it or not, you're getting Neifi — OAKLAND, Calif. — OK, so none of you wanted Nate Robertson starting Game 1, and then he pitched five scoreless innings and now the Tigers lead the series 1 game to none. — So what are you going to go crazy about now? Oh, of course, Neifi Perez.
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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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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The Eddie Kranepool Society
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Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
Tribe to make tough choice on Guthrie — Out of Minor League options, right-hander could be traded — CLEVELAND — Jeremy Guthrie's Stanford-educated mind won't delude him into thinking his situation is any different than it is. — And when Guthrie analyzes his situation with the Indians' organization …
Discussion:
Let's Go Tribe
