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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Detroit Tigers right-hander Mark Fidrych was just the second rookie to start an MLB All-Star Game, dating back to the game’s inception in 1933. This year, in the 94th edition of the game, we’ll get ...

Authorities are awaiting autopsy results on Mark Fidrych and trying to figure out how the former All-Star pitcher died on his Massachusetts farm. The 54-year-old Fidrych was found dead Monday beneath ...

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 ...