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This is the post-game Interview of Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych, after his fame was spread to the nation by beating the Yankees on Monday Night Baseball in June of 1976.

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  • The day Mark died , Harry Kalas in Philly died too.

    Kalas got most of the attention.

    Then, on the day The Tigers chose to honor Mark's memory at the ballbark, it was Jackie Robinson Day all throughout the major leagues.

    It was all about Jackie. Even in Detroit.

    Come on Detroit.

    Get it right, retire Fidrych's number 20.

    Do some fucking thing right. This kid was one in a million and a Tiger GREAT. There was no one bigger in ALL of baseball in 1976-77.

    DETROIT TIGERS - Do Right by your Bird.

  • Wow! This was a guy who was so down to earth and real-he didnt try to change who he was even when he was the star. Damn shame his career was over so quickly.

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  • @timothyarts Mark Wahlberg

  • He was an incredible phenomenon. He was as sweet as he was talented. My husband was a Tiger teammate.

  • Thank you for posting this.

  • @timothyarts Jon Heder.

  • This should be on the big screen. Who would play Mark ?

    This would be a great basball movie.

  • @louthebody i was 12 and i too remember that game like it was yesterday, i was also pissed. The yanks got revenge in the next meeting., but the bird was great that year i must admit.

  • Here is a pro athlete who did not seem to want to be the story, but was. As opposed to today. Where they all want to be the story, but are not. People have been given such a steady diet of over cliched, choreographed, sold out crap, maybe that's why they watch "Reality TV". They long for heartfelt honesty. Sorry to digress. Go Tigers!

  • Oh I remember this game like it was yeaterday. They showed it on Monday Night Baseball. Ch 7 in N.Y. I was going on 14 years old and a Yankee fan, still am. I was so pissed that Mark Fidrych made my Yankees look bad. I was just a kid then, but that day I hated Mark Fidrych. May he rest in peace he was a great pitcher in his short career.

  • @TomTIGER69 Thanks for sharing your story, and sorry about your friend.

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