Fifty years ago, rookie Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych became a national sensation with his unique antics on "Monday Night Baseball." ...

Today, we're going to discuss one of my favorite baseball players of all time. He was a flash in the pan who was set for a ...

NORTHBORO — A little more than 40 years ago almost to the day, one of this town’s native sons became the most famous athlete in America. The precise date of Mark Fidrych’s transformation into "The ...

Forty years ago, Mark Fidrych of the Detroit Tigers was a phenomenon throughout baseball, but endured an incredible workload for a 21-year-old rookie pitcher. On August 29, 1976, Mark Fidrych took the ...

He was 19 when the Detroit Tigers drafted him and barely a high school graduate, having been held back in second and third grade because he couldn’t read. The son of an assistant principal instead ...

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 ...

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych talked to the baseball. But the gangly Detroit Tigers pitcher spoke to fans in this state and captured the imagination of the nation thanks to his bizarre antics, ...

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych held a special place in the hearts of Tigers' fans. He also made a special impression on West Michigan Whitecaps fans with a few visits to the ballpark, the last in 2006. He ...

It's been a tough week for baseball, and one that should make us stop and realize how precious life is. "Live every day is if it were your last, and then, one day you shall be right." Only four days ...