RIP, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

[Digginman]

RIP, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

Former All-Star pitcher Mark “The Bird” Fidrych has been found dead in an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Massachusetts. He was 54.

Rest of story here:

http://www.freep.com/article/20090413/SPORTS02/90413063/Ex-Tiger+Mark++The+Bird++Fidrych+found+dead

This guy was a real character on the mound.

DM

 

[ramfan]

Re: RIP, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

I loved his antics!

Darrell

 

[retiree]

Re: RIP, Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

I use to live in Michigan. Fidrych and a few other Tigers lived in appartments in the town I grew up in.
The story is he got into a fight in a bar in town. And got his pitching arm wrenched behind his back.
That was the cause of his injury. I was only 17 yrs. old at the time so I wasn't there. True or not,
who knows? But thats the legend in the town I'm from.