Think it was difficult for the Cardinals to get back to work on Monday, after the tragic death of Josh Hancock on Sunday? Here's all you need to know: in the sixth inning of Monday's game, the home plate umpire awarded Albert Pujols on a base on balls -- a three-ball count. And no one noticed.
The cause of the Hancock's accident is not yet known. But reports that surfaced today that the fatal crash was Hancock's second accident in less than a week, and that alchol may have been a factor.
In an ironic and somewhat macabre bit of timing, another untimely death of a major league pitcher is in the news today. The National Transportation Safety Board released their report on plane crash that killed Corey Lidle last October. The verdict: pilot error.
According to the report, Lidle and his instructor Tyler Stanger could have completed their U-turn over the East River if they had kept a tighter turn radius, or if they had given up on making the turn within the legal limits and steadied the plane by flying over Manhattan for a bit. The latter course would likely have resulted in a fine from the Federal Aviation Administration -- which, given the alternative, their families would likely be glad to pay.
It is still unknown whether Lidle or Stanger was actually flying the plane at the time of the crash.
Originally published at About Baseball
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