It's Only A Game

Here's Mike Fancesa speaking with Cory Lidle two days before Lidle crashed his plane into an NY high rise:
Mike

"It was silly talk radio fodder, but in retrospect two sequences stand out and were difficult for Francesa to shake 31/2 hours after he and Russo initially told listeners of Lidle's reported death.

The first began with Lidle saying that he was "sitting here trying to enjoy my day in New York" when a friend's text message alerted him to the criticism. Russo's response to that was, "First off, no Yankee fan should enjoy the day in New York ... If I'm a Yankee right now I'm in hiding. I'm not enjoying any day in New York."

Lidle: "Hold on. I have friends in and I'm not allowed to go and enjoy this day in New York?"

Russo: "I don't know any Yankee fan who's enjoying the day, to be honest with you."

Lidle: "I want to win as much as anybody, but what am I supposed to do, go cry in my apartment for the next two weeks?"

Russo: "I know a lot of Yankees fans who are doing that, that's for sure."

Russo had been critical of Lidle previously, and got into a heated discussion about his merits (or lack thereof) with Yankees GM Brian Cashman the day after he was acquired from the Phillies.

Later in Monday's interview, Lidle told the hosts, "I'd like to meet you sometime and we can sit down and you guys can really get to know me instead of just what you think about me."

Said Francesa, "I haven't thought much about you at all, to be honest with you." "


I love the Yankees as much as anyone, and have done since the days Rizzuto was playing. I cried over a World Series loss in 1960, not since.
With all that goes on in the world, or in a single life, we are supposed to mourn losses on the ball field? Sorry, I can't go there. I hope Cory Lidle enjoyed his last two days despite the Yankees loss and Francesa's words.
Enjoy the days you have Mike, despite the scoreboard.