Time flies. It's been almost fifty years since Mark Fidrych's rookie season, when he took the baseball and card-collecting world by storm. Nicknamed "The Bird" because of his resemblance to Big Bird, ...
Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1976, the nation had a big party, celebrating its 200th birthday with fireworks, parades and cookouts. As the country’s 250th birthday bash on July 4 is approaching, ...
Worcester Telegram on MSN
Meet the four new members of the Worcester Red Sox Hall of Fame
The Worcester Red Sox enshrined four new members into their Hall of Fame on Thursday in Mark Fidrych, Charles Steinberg, Chad ...
Mark Fidrych, who captured baseball's attention for one season, was found dead Monday at his farm in Northborough, Mass. Fidrych, known as "The Bird," was 54. Worcester County District Attorney Joseph ...
This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score. Mark Fidrych died this week in an accident on his farm in Massachusetts. He was only 54. The news threw me into a time machine and flashed me back ...
Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman on MSN
The tragic rise and fall of baseball phenom Mark Fidrych
In 1976, a lanky, eccentric rookie named Mark "The Bird" Fidrych captivated the nation by talking to baseballs and manicuring ...
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