One of Detroit Tigers' and all of baseball's brightest personality,
pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, died last week. He was 54. He was
rookie of the year in 1976 and made it to the cover of Rolling Stone in
'77. Additionally, Fidrych is the subject of a documentary that was
just completed the day of his death.
Excerpt:
Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych, 54, died after an apparent accident on his Northborough, Massachusetts farm,
ESPN reports. Fidrych, or “The Bird” as he was called because of his blond curly hair and resemblance to
Sesame Street’s Big Bird, became the first baseball player ever to grace the cover of
Rolling Stone
after a 1976 rookie season in which Fidrych was named both American
League Rookie of the Year and an AL All-Star while playing for the
Tigers (read the story:
The Tale of the Bird).
Read the entire article
here.
Read about the documentary about the Bird
here.
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