Archive for October 12th, 2006
Clause could cost Lidle’s beneficiary $1.5M
Cory Lidle’s beneficiaries could lose out on a $1.5 million benefit from baseball’s benefit plan if it’s determined that he was piloting his plane when it crashed into a Manhattan high-rise condominium.
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Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Lidle’s beneficiary could lose $1.5 million death benefit
Cory Lidle’s beneficiaries could lose out on a $1.5 million benefit from baseball’s benefit plan if it’s determined that he was piloting his plane when it crashed into a Manhattan high-rise condominium.
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Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Baseball plan would pay $1.5 million in death benefit - unless Lidle was piloting plane
Cory Lidle’s beneficiaries could lose out on a $1.5 million benefit from baseball’s benefit plan if it’s determined that he was piloting his plane when it crashed into a Manhattan high-rise condominium.
While Lidle wasn’t a member of the Major League Baseball Players Association licensing plan because he was a replacement player during the 1994-95 strike, […]
Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Mets and Cardinals 0-0 after 3 innings of opener
The New York Mets quickly lost left fielder Cliff Floyd because of his injured left Achilles’ tendon and were tied with the St. Louis Cardinals 0-0 after three innings of the NL championship series opener Thursday night.
Starting a day late after Wednesday’s rainout, the Mets sent Tom Glavine to the mound against Jeff Weaver. Both […]
Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Baseball plan would pay $1.5 million in death benefit — unless Lidle was piloting plane (AP)
Cory Lidle’s beneficiaries could lose out on a $1.5 million benefit from baseball’s benefit plan if it’s determined that he was piloting his plane when it crashed into a Manhattan high-rise condominium. While Lidle wasn’t a member of the Major League Baseball Players Association licensing plan because he was a replacement player during the 1994-95 […]
Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Brewers’ Miller exercises $2.25 million option (AP)
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Damian Miller exercised his $2.25 million option for 2007 on Thursday. Miller batted .251 with six home runs and 38 RBIs this year. In addition to his base salary, he can earn an additional $750,000 in performance bonuses. Milwaukee had passed on a $3.75 million club option. In addition, the Brewers released […]
Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Pitch counts aren’t just for big-leaguers anymore (AP)
The quickest way to start an argument about postseason baseball is to question whether a manager applied the hook to a starter or reliever too late or too soon. Enjoy the debate while you can. Almost nobody goes the distance anymore. Starting next year, pitchers in the Little League World Series will be held […]
Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Investigators search high-rise for plane parts, trying to learn what happened in Lidle crash
Investigators and workers in hard hats gathered up the scorched pieces of New York Yankee Cory Lidle’s shattered plane at a luxury high-rise Thursday in a floor-by-floor sweep for clues to why the aircraft crashed.
The pitcher and his flight instructor were killed when their plane slammed into the 40-story condominium tower Wednesday.
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Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Fastballs, curveballs and … snowballs? Frosty forecast for ALCS
Nick Swisher trotted out to right field and, with freak October flurries swirling at Comerica Park, plopped onto his back and began making mock snow angels.
Only for a minute, though. Shivering, the Oakland first baseman put on his ski cap and retreated to the dugout Thursday, when Detroit was hit with its earliest snowfall ever.
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Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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Frosty forecast for ALCS
Nick Swisher trotted out to right field and, with freak October flurries swirling at Comerica Park, plopped onto his back and began making mock snow angels.
Only for a minute, though. Shivering, the Oakland first baseman put on his ski cap and retreated to the dugout Thursday, when Detroit was hit with its earliest snowfall ever.
Welcome […]
Posted: October 12th, 2006.
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