Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

so damn unfortunate he had to die. his baseball career was cut short, he died at a young age... I mean I'm only 18 but I'm watching the Yankees/Tigers game on MLB Network, and, living in Detroit, it's terrible I could never meet him or... well, I digress. RIP Mark!

Mark would be driving his truck through Worcester,Ma. He would always wave and say Hi!!! Met him at a Little League bbanquet, what a nice person.

I was a cook in Marks hometown Northboro, Ma. in 1976. One night while I was cleaning up my boss came in and asked me if I would make a sandwich for this guy out at the bar and when I went out there to deliver it there was Mark, He was a regular guy with his long bushy hair and his dungaree jacket. It was one story I have told many times since that day in "76".

what a cool guy

rip

A true character in the best sense of the word...I remember him watching him in the All-Star game in 1976 when I was six and seeing him strike out Pete Rose, one of my faves...they don't make them like this anymore with all the divas like Manny and A-Rod...the closest player in the game today like The Bird is Tim Lincecum of the Giants...unpretentious as can be...

oh shit i used to play little league on that very same field that they showed in the begining but probably bout 20 years after this was made, looks alot different now

You're right. Too many people don't know this. These people are looking to kill us.

"You're entry was on the money. "

Thanks!
So was yours!

mark died this year: 4/13/2009

he was a great guy. i never knew him, but i watched him play and got a kick out of him. listening to him on this clip made me feel like i knew him a little better.

he will be missed.

what a class act he was. to bad he couldnt have last longer. he brought good times to detroit when times where rough . RIP mark you will be missed here in detroit. just as the ol ball park on michigan and trumbull will.....