a little long winded, but something that needed to be said. heres a excerpt.

[url=http://pitchfork7.blogspot.com/2006/10/unexplaneable.html]It was opined in this space at the time that Bettis himself should have worn a BLUE #5 Notre Dame jersey as a tribute to the fallen Rodney Culver, Bettis' teammate at Notre Dame.

Culver, also a Detroit native, was the Chargers' RB who, a year and a half after his Chargers were routed in the Super Bowl, died in that ValuJet crash in the Florida Everglades.
Everybody forgot everything about Rodney Culver -- but, that's what ya get for crashing into a swamp.[/url]

The writer in your Blogspot link made the point below. Nice to remember there were other people in this incident, not just Lidle.

"Someone else died in the plane? A regular slob like you and me? A woman got burned and hospitalized when Lidle's plane came through her livingroom window? We wish her the best, right?" - end quote

Funny side note. I was at a retreat the last two days with limited cell phone service. I got this text from my wife

"Cory Lidle crashed his plane in NYC and died. Hope you're having fun. Love Mrs. Oldkingfishlee"

I thought it was pretty funny.

Well, she had the right sentiment- mourn not worship.

That guy needs to be beaten over the head with Ariel Rounded MT Bold.

Good God, who has time and energy to be as bitter as this guy over a fucking ballplayer?

I bet this dude's a whale of fun to be around.

Of course some other guy died. Of course the media ignored that. It's not like that's a new thing.

At least Anna Nicole isn't a baseball player. You want TRUE pathos, you gotta watch E! 24-7, man.

To be honest never heard of the guy till this incident. That might not be the case if they'd won the series.

Obviously you're not a golfer.

Nah.. ama Professional Baseball Player.