The accidental death of Mark Fidrych last week should serve as an unhappy reminder that we have somehow lost our way in professional sports; that we have forgotten how to have fun. If Fidrych acted ...

What do Ted Williams, Bob Misevicius, John Havlicek, Mark Fidrych, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Tiger Woods, and Justin ...

DETROIT >> It could have just as easily been a synopsis of her late husband’s all-too-brief, yet profoundly meaningful life, as it was a reaction to the film that documented his meteoric rise and fall ...

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 story begins at Chet’s Diner in Northborough, Mass. It begins with Mark Fidrych’s friends and family watching the most famous game he pitched, on June 28, 1976, against the New York Yankees at ...

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 ...

NORTHBOROUGH — Mark Fidrych burned bright during his short time in the spotlight as a pitching sensation in the 1970s but the flame only dimmed slightly when he returned home to Northborough as a ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — The state Supreme Judicial Court has upheld rulings in favor of the truck manufacturer and the maker of a piece of truck equipment in a wrongful death suit filed by the widow of ...

The family of former Major League pitcher Mark Fidrych has filed a lawsuit in connection with his accidental death in 2009.Fidrych was working on his Mack truck at his home in Northborough when his ...

The death of former Major League Baseball pitcher Mark Fidrych was not the fault of the truck manufacturing companies being sued by his widow, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled. Fidrych, a ...

DETROIT – Check out this 1976 interview with then-Detroit Tigers rookie Mark “The Bird” Fidrych, who was asked about his mound antics, including talking to the baseball, after his second career MLB ...