Cory Lidle, RIP

It is hard to believe that it has been two and a half years since Cory Lidle starter the Reds opener in 2004.  I followed before that--when he was with the Mets, and then Tampa, and then Oakland--because he was that unsung kind of guy that I love the most.  Ryan Freel is that kind of guy.  Chris Stynes was that kind of guy when he played.  Kevin Millar is another one of those guys--you know the type--more like an average joe than the glitz and glamor type.

It just reminds us how fragile life is and how quickly two and a half years can go by.