Fidrych found dead

[gsro]

AP report: Former pitcher Mark Fidrych has been found dead under a pickup truck at his home.

 

[signalcaller]

Horrible day for baseball. Jesus

 

[jk16]

Looks like you beat me too it gsro. I was just a baby when he came onto the scene. My parents talked about him all the time.

 

[tunasunday]

Geez. I was just watching a replay of him pitching against the Yankees in '76.
Too much grief across baseball over the past week.

 

[aplous]

The Bird!!

Loved that guy growing up in the D in the 80's..........

 

[gsro]

am too young to have seen him pitch, but i've seen some highlights, it's been a tough first week in baseball

 

[cubsker]

my mom is always saying deaths come in 3s. I always think she's crazy. maybe not

 

[jk16]

Found this on the Detroit Free Press site.


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[HUNT]

RIP Bird

 

[txtennisboy]

guy was pure excitement

 

[orangemonk]

:shake: to the bird

 

[B.A.R.]

Terrible.

Wasn't in majors long but is still a big name around here. Obviously I wasn't born yet but have seen some odl film of him. Pretty neat stuff. There is that 1976 Monday Night Baseball game at the Stadium against NY that was nationally televised which is pretty neat to watch.