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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Former All-Star pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych was found dead Monday afternoon, the victim of an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Mass. He was 54. Worcester County district attorney ...

BOSTON ” Former All-Star pitcher Mark “the Bird” Fidrych was found dead Monday in an apparent accident at his farm. He was 54. Worcester County district attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. saids a family ...