I hope this isn't true, but CNN and others have run with it:

Yankees pitcher's plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise

Cory Lidle, a late-season acquisition by the New York Yankees, is feared dead afte an aircraft registered to him crashed into a high-rise in Manhattan. The North American Aerospace Defense Command does not consider this crash to have terrorist implications.

As lifted from a station in Madison, Wisconsin:

Overall in 2006, Lidle was 12-10 with a 4.85 ERA in 31 games, including 30 starts. He had a career mark of 82-72 with a 4.57 ERA in nine big league seasons with the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia and the Yankees.

My sympathies and prayers are extended to Mr. Lidle's family and those of any other passengers aboard the aircraft.

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Bravo zulu, Detroit. You have officially earned the honor of bearing my post-season hopes.

Y'know, 'cause my team didn't bother to make the post-season. Thanks, Theo.

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