R.I.P.

what is up with only the most amazing human beings dying? is this some crazy coincidence? Things like this make me give it up to God for giving me the ability and the strength to be a horrible person. If it were God's plan to make me a great person, I could be dead by now.

Why is it when someone dies, suddenly everyone is lining up to tell us what a great guy he was! I'm not saying these (dead) people aren't saints, but come on. If this guy was such a perfect person, then why was everyone so indifferent towards him for his entire life. Then only in death everyone suddenly wakes up and realizes, "Holy shit, that guy was probably THE BEST guy I'd ever met. How did I not realize it before?!"

All of these average people are walking around, having some successes, having more failures, annoying people, acting like idiots, taking care of numero uno, lying, cheating, stealing. Whatever it is. They're just like everyone else. Then they die, and its like the guy spent his entire lifegiving, living selflessly in a monestary in the mountains, giving everything he ever had to the starving children of war-torn.. wherever. It's like they're all superman; in death.

Nothing against Cory Lidle. But c'mon. In the last 20 minutes I've heard nothing but what a great guy he was, such a great competitor, a great teammate, the kind of guy you want to be around and feel privileged to play with, he was always so up beat and it was contagious! He brought everyone around him up and he was such a pleasure to play with. Yada yada yada --- he played for 7 different teams in 9 years! Was he really all of those things you just said? Really? Sounds pretty indispensible to me...


I'd like to extend my sympathies to his family. Not only was he an outstanding ballplayer; he was an outstanding man. Really.