Monday, April 13, 2009

Sad news--Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych was found dead today

Boy as a Detroit area kid who was coming of age in the 1970's Mark Fidrych was a local folk hero. The free spirit Tigers pitcher sure shook things up for a year. Johnny always felt baseball got cheated by his shoulder injury cutting short his run. Apparently Fidrych was working on a truck on his farm in Massachusetts and it fell on him.

RIP Bird, we'll miss you

2 comments:

Trixie Junior Space Punk said...

Very sad - and 54 is pretty young. Bye, Bird...

Johnny Action Space Punk said...

He was great, played the game with joy like a kid....