Cory Lidle
Cory Lidle
Cory Fulton Lidlewas an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle spent nine seasons in Major League Baseball with seven different teams. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned crashed into a residential building in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth22 March 1972
CountryUnited States of America
bullpen early helped needed pace swinging
The way our bullpen has been used lately, we needed it, ... (The Reds' hitters) helped set the pace early. They were swinging early in counts.
fun key pitchers player stealing
He's the key player right now. He's getting on base, he's stealing bags, he's making the pitchers think about something other than the hitters. It's fun to watch.
explain
I'll let them explain what happened, ... because I can't.
adrenalin knew mentally needed preparing since stay
Since the trade, I was just thinking about this day and mentally preparing to not get too excited. I knew I was going to have some extra adrenalin out there so I was really doing what I needed to do just to stay calm, you know, just try not to do too much.
sure
I wanted to make sure that it wasn't something personal,
agree blind charlie easy respect stuck though time work
There's nothing easy about being a manager, because you're going to be second-guessed. I respect Charlie as a manager, and even though at the time I didn't agree with it, he put thought into it. It wasn't a blind decision, and it didn't work out, but he stuck by it.
clean consider days scare union
That's perfect. I never thought 10 days was enough. If you want to clean up the game, 10 days doesn't scare anyone. If the union doesn't consider this, something is wrong.
billy game knowing meant played
When I was in Oakland, knowing that Billy had played the game meant a lot.
years preparation rotation
I've learned over the years that it doesn't matter where you pitch in the rotation. For me, preparation is everything.
goal guy mind
Sometimes I felt I got caught up kind of going into the clubhouse non-chalantly sometimes, because all of the other guys in the clubhouse didn't go there with one goal in mind.
attitude team spring
If I don't make the team out of spring training, I'll keep a good attitude. I'll just go polish up the parts of my game that made me not stay in the big leagues.
dog mistake good-friend
I made a lot of good friends in Philadelphia and the last thing that I would want to do is dog anyone in that clubhouse. If I made it sound like that, it was a mistake.
beautiful rivers east
You've never seen Manhattan 'til you've flown right up the East River. It's beautiful.
airplane flying safe
The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.