Former Tigers Pitcher Mark Fidrych, Dead at 54

I'll have more on this later, as I've gotten a chance to read up on it. But as rings posted in today's Game Recap, and MSU4LIF passed along to me in an e-mail, former Tigers pitcher Mark Fidrych was found dead this afternoon, after an apparent accident on his farm in Massachusetts.

Thanks to Eric Stephen for first posting this news in a FanPost.

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Oh, no!

"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti

by densogirl on Apr 13, 2009 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Condolences

What a sad week this has been for baseball.

RIP Nick Adenhart.

"When the Babe tries to call his shot, I hope Nick puts one in his ear."
--RallyMonkey5

by Clutch on Apr 13, 2009 8:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Condolences indeed

This is just getting out of control…..

RIP Bird

*34*

by ViolaHalo on Apr 13, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

A Gentleman

When I was just a boy, Mark Fidrych entertained my interview request for a “school project” I was working on… right on the spot! Then, as a young man, he entertained another random phone call where I asked if I could send him two baseballs to be autographed for my dad and father-in-law for Father’s Day. “The Bird” will certainly be missed. Today’s stars aren’t nearly as accessible or cordial, and for that I thank him.

"Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence."
-Augustine

by toledomudhen on Apr 13, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I just watched a game of his against the Yankees on MLB Network dubbed “The Bird Dazzles the Yankees.” He was always my dad’s favorite pitcher because of his delivery and personality, of course this meant that he was one of my favorite pitchers growing up even though I was too young to ever see him play. Sad day indeed.

by Zegarek88 on Apr 14, 2009 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I've only seen highlights as I'm too young,

but my dad would always speak so highly of the guy. I used to talk to myself when I pitched and the first person I thought of was the Bird and the stories my dad would tell me. RIP Bird.

Motown String Music

by Packey on Apr 14, 2009 12:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs