Comments on: Mark “the Bird” Fidrych Has Flown Home http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/deaths/mark-the-bird-fydrich-has-flown-home Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:26:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dushan http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/deaths/mark-the-bird-fydrich-has-flown-home/comment-page-1#comment-2183 Dushan Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:37:56 +0000 http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/?p=4624#comment-2183 It was shocking to hear of his death. I still remember parents comparing him to one of the children on my little leagu team. He's gone but, not forgotten. It was shocking to hear of his death. I still remember parents comparing him to one of the children on my little leagu team. He’s gone but, not forgotten.

]]> By: CLuke http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/deaths/mark-the-bird-fydrich-has-flown-home/comment-page-1#comment-2178 CLuke Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:04:03 +0000 http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/?p=4624#comment-2178 MLB Network just showed Mark's game from June of '76 against the Yankees. For some reason, I sat transfixed Saturday while watching this game and thought that we would never again see someone so enthusiatic and so excitable and so genuine. I called my 13 year old in to watch him if only to have him try and experience why I (we) loved him in that magical summer of '76. The city of Detroit and alas all of baseball loved him if for but a brief moment. He was a memorable character and will be missed. He was in studio March 9th st MLB Network and he appeared to me to be the same loveable Birdman-only older. RIP "The Bird" MLB Network just showed Mark’s game from June of ‘76 against the Yankees. For some reason, I sat transfixed Saturday while watching this game and thought that we would never again see someone so enthusiatic and so excitable and so genuine. I called my 13 year old in to watch him if only to have him try and experience why I (we) loved him in that magical summer of ‘76. The city of Detroit and alas all of baseball loved him if for but a brief moment. He was a memorable character and will be missed. He was in studio March 9th st MLB Network and he appeared to me to be the same loveable Birdman-only older.
RIP “The Bird”

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