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 ...

In 1976, a lanky, eccentric rookie named Mark "The Bird" Fidrych captivated the nation by talking to baseballs and manicuring ...

The Worcester Red Sox enshrined four new members into their Hall of Fame on Thursday in Mark Fidrych, Charles Steinberg, Chad ...

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, ...

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 ...

Detroit Tigers right-hander Mark Fidrych was just the second rookie to start an MLB All-Star Game, dating back to the game’s inception in 1933. This year, in the 94th edition of the game, we’ll get ...

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, Doug Bechler witnessed one of Detroit’s greatest sporting events, even though he probably shouldn’t have. Bechler was a 16-year-old Detroit Tigers fan and a baseball nut living in ...