Fun Trivia : Cory Lidle

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Cory Lidle

Cory Fulton Lidle always had an interesting background even before he became a pitcher. He was a graduate of California's South Hill's High School in 1990, also was his twin brother Kevin. The Lidle twins played baseball with a current Yankee in high school. What Bronx Bomber attended South Hill's along with Cory and Kevin?

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Jason Giambi. Cory and Jason were reunited in New York when Lidle got traded to the New York Yankees on July 30, 2006.



Lidle made his Major League debut on May 8, 1997 with that team?

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New York Mets. Five months earlier, Lidle married Melanie Varela.



Many people will agree that his best season was in 2001, when Lidle went 13-6 with a 3.59 ERA (good for 10th in the league). His great performances throughout the season got his team, the Oakland Athletics, into the postseason winning what position?

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AL Wild Card. The A's won the wild card but lost to the Yankees in the first round, three games to two.



One of the greatest months in his career, Lidle gave up only one run in the whole month! He won all five of his starts and helped his team go on a 20-game win streak. What team record did Lidle set in the extraordinary month?

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Consecutive innings without an earned run. With the Oakland Athletics, he pitched 32.2 consecutive scoreless innings and 43 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run. It wasn't his best season all together, however, as he only went 8-10.



Lidle had been known to travel a lot, as the highest number of seasons he pitched with a single team was two. In his later years, he was somewhat successful with the Philadelphia Phillies. In the 2004 season with the Reds/Phillies, Lidle led the NL with 3 shutouts and tied the NL lead with how many complete games?

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5. Lidle only went 12-12 on the year, with both the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies. He was traded from Cincinnati, with a 7-10 record, to Philadelphia, and had a record of 5-2 in the City of Brotherly Love".



After many team controversies, Lidle and Phillie's right fielder Bobby Abreu were traded to the New York Yankees for four minor league players. Including the Yankees, how many Major League teams did Lidle pitch for in his career?

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7. Besides the Yankees, Phillies, Reds, Athletics, and Mets, Lidle pitched for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays.



Lidle pitched the final game of his career (unknowingly of course) in the 2006 ALDS. He pitched one and one-thirds innings and gave up three earned runs on four hits in a 8-3 loss. He pitched game four of the series. In the regular season, how many games did he win for the Yankees in 2006?

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4. It was sad that Lidle's last game would be a relief appearance from the bullpen where he gave up so many runs. Truly tragic. He went 4-3 with the Yankees and went 8-7 with the Phillies beforehand.



Cory Lidle had two passions, pitching and flying. Lidle had his pilot's license since February 9th. Lidle told teammates that he would be flying home in his personal plane after the playoffs. What team knocked the Yankees out of the 2006 postseason?

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Detroit Tigers. The Tigers won the ALDS series three games to one. A couple of days after the Yankees got knocked out, Lidle took off for his flight home at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, but first took a sightseeing tour of Manhattan, which including circling the Statue of Liberty.



On October 11, Lidle crashed into a high-rise apartment building overlooking the river on New York Ave. at E. 72nd Street. Lidle died in the crash along with his flight instructor. What was the flight instructor's name?

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Tyler Stanger . Whoever was piloting the plane at the time of the crash is still unknown. Lidle's passport was found on the street below. It was a very tragic day as Lidle left his wife and his six-year-old son, Christopher. He was 34.



Somewhat of deja vu, another Yankee was involved in plane problems, as the private plane carrying one of Lidle's teammates slid off of the runway. What Yankee was on the flight?

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Alex Rodriguez. Luckily, Alex was unharmed in the event. Cory Fulton Lidle will be missed by a lot. The Yankees and Phillies organizations, also the Oakland Athletics where Lidle was most successful.