BOSTON ” Former All-Star pitcher Mark “the Bird” Fidrych was found dead Monday in an apparent accident at his farm. He was 54. Worcester County district attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. saids a family ...

Former All-Star pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fidrych was found dead Monday afternoon, the victim of an apparent accident at his farm in Northborough, Mass. He was 54. Worcester County district attorney ...

BOSTON Mark Fidrych, an eccentric All-Star pitcher nicknamed "The Bird" whose career was shortened by injuries, was found dead Monday in an apparent accident at his farm. He was 54. Worcester County ...

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 former Rookie of the Year endeared himself to baseball fans with his colorful personality. BOSTON -- Mark "the Bird" Fidrych, the fun-loving pitcher who baffled hitters for one All-Star season ...

Worcester County district attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said a family friend found Fidrych about 2:30 p.m. Monday beneath a dump truck at his Northborough, Mass., farm about 35 miles west of Boston. He ...

Two baseball guys of my childhood died within a short span of time from each other. Mark "The Bird" Fidrych was a starting pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 1976 ...

He was 19 when the Detroit Tigers drafted him and barely a high school graduate, having been held back in second and third grade because he couldn’t read. The son of an assistant principal instead ...

Fidrych was a curly-haired right-hander who was nicknamed 'The Bird' because of his resemblance to the Big Bird character on the Sesame Street television show. He was the American League Rookie of the ...