Pitcher Mark "The Bird Fidrych dead

[Marvelmania]

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych dead at 54. He was one of my childhood sports heroes. I think I've still got the issue of Dynamite magazine with him on the cover.

FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Former MLB pitcher Fidrych dead at 54

[toys2cool]

yeah just read about it on ESPN,he was a little before my time,but everyone knew who he was

[Dave Mc]

Wow, this is a big part of my youth gone. Growing up in SE Michigan and growing up a big baseball/Tigers fan, "The Bird" was a big deal. I stood in line on more than one occasion to get a ball signed. Saw him pitch when I was a kid, although it was in one of his poor outing come back years.

[kingdom warrior]

Wow!!! I'm totally shocked! I remember how great he was in that 76 season too bad his arm gave out he might have been one of the greats. I loved how he Talked to the baseball........R.I.P

[starsky]

i'm shocked too!! i cant believe he's gone! he only pitched 5 years in the majors, but everybody knows the mark the bird fidrych!

[UnderdogDJLSW]

This has been a sad baseball season so far. He was one of the good guys.

[ScottA]

He was one of baseballs unique players and made the game fun to watch on a team that wasn't very good.

But to get pinned under a truck. Sad.

[Manspider]

I loved watching The Bird pitch when I was a kid.
I use to enjoy watching him talk to the ball and thinking he was nothing short of being nuts.
A fun memory for me.

[Evel KMego]

Wow, sad. I saw him pitch in the minors for the Evansville Triplets when I was a kid. Kirk Gibson also played for Evansville.

[M3G0M4V3R1CK]

never seen him play but watching his highlights him talking to the ball was hillarious rip bird

[jwyblejr]

Details were released today. It appears his clothing got wrapped around a moving part of the truck he was working on and he wound up getting strangled by it.

[toys2cool]

Details were released today. It appears his clothing got wrapped around a moving part of the truck he was working on and he wound up getting strangled by it.

yeah I saw that,what a horrible way to die