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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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Recalling a now eerie conversation — You read about these things, you watch some hair-netted nitwit peer into Geraldo's camera and declare, "By golly, I was gonna go in that car with him" ... and you roll your eyes, numb to the tale's banality. Someone was always gonna go in that car with him.
Marcus Hayes / Philly.com:
No fear of flying: A close look at Lidle — NEW YORK - Maybe I should have just gone back to the hotel. — The street vendor who sold me a knockoff Burberry scarf marveled at the chopper that crashed into the building on the Upper East Side. He raised his gray portable radio up to his ear …
mlb.mlb.com:
Lidle's tragic death hurts deeply — Game takes back seat for writer after his friend is killed — OAKLAND — Objective? Detached? Professional? — How? — Why? — Can't do it. — I lost a friend on Wednesday when former A's pitcher Cory Lidle died in a plane crash in Manhattan.
MSNBC:
Two dead; no evidence of terrorism, officials say — From first impact to first responders, view images from the small plane crash in New York City. — NEW YORK - A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday …
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.
NY Daily News:
Guilt & regret, but Dog barks on — Monday, it was business as usual for Mike Francesa and Chris (Mad Dog) Russo. While rehashing the Yankees' Detroit debacle, they descended on Cory Lidle and pounded him. — Pounded him pretty hard. — Still, longtime listeners have heard worse crunch jobs from the boys.
Ben Walker / Associated Press:Lidle had twin passions — pitching and flying
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Josh Suchon / Contra Costa Times:
A's suffer another big hurt Thomas fails to deliver; Detroit leads series 2-0 — OAKLAND - As he walked out of the interview room before Wednesday's game, A's manager Ken Macha walked past A's killer Placido Polanco and told him, "Take a vacation or something, will ya?"
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Fox Sports:
No easy outs in Tigers' lineup — The Detroit Tigers — not without some Todd Jones-induced late-inning drama on Wednesday — are now up 2-0 in the ALCS. — The best road team in baseball this season just went into Oakland and took the first pair. That means the odds are on Detroit's side …
Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Floyd starting, to his surprise — Not only did Cliff Floyd land on the NLCS roster, he was slated to be in last night's starting lineup. — The latter part seemed to surprise Floyd, who had informed Willie Randolph on Tuesday that he felt well enough to contribute this round despite …
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Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Rangers concentrate search on four candidates — NEW YORK - The Rangers have narrowed their list of managerial candidates to four, a source confirmed, with an outside chance of adding a fifth candidate. — The four candidates are Rangers bench coach Don Wakamatsu, New York Mets third-base …
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Bob Dutton / Kansas City Star:
Royals lose righty Wood to Rangers — Right-hander Mike Wood is looking forward to a fresh start with the Texas Rangers after departing the Royals on Wednesday in a waiver claim. — "It's pretty exciting, I think," he said. "I guess we'll find out." — The Royals cleared two more spaces …
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Clark Spencer / Miami Herald:
Marlins allowed to grow facial hair under Gonzalez, but can they? — Under Fredi Gonzalez, the Marlins are allowed to grow facial hair — but can they? — cspencer@MiamiHerald.com — Old manager Joe Girardi prohibited it. New manager Fredi Gonzalez is permitting it.
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Jim Reeves / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Rangers need a wizard — The Red Sox wallow in the Curse of the Bambino. The Cubs slather themselves with the Billy Goat Curse. — Neither of those teams has any idea what a hex really is until they've walked in the Rangers' shoes. — Or, better yet, stepped on the Rangers' pitching mound.
Rich Dubroff / MLB.com:
Nats' new stadium going smoothly — Construction slightly ahead of schedule in Washington — WASHINGTON — It's a construction site now, but in 18 months, the Washington Nationals will be playing baseball there. — The new stadium that's rising in southeast Washington …
