During the bicentennial summer of 1976, a pitcher from Northborough became one of the country's biggest celebrities.

The story begins at Chet’s Diner in Northborough, Mass. It begins with Mark Fidrych’s friends and family watching the most famous game he pitched, on June 28, 1976, against the New York Yankees at ...

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 ...

DETROIT >> It could have just as easily been a synopsis of her late husband’s all-too-brief, yet profoundly meaningful life, as it was a reaction to the film that documented his meteoric rise and fall ...

Mark Fidrych can’t be dead. That’s like killing off fun. Mark Fidrych can’t be dead. That’s like saying the sunshine is gone forever. Mark Fidrych can’t be dead. That’s like announcing the death of ...

NORTHBORO — A little more than 40 years ago almost to the day, one of this town’s native sons became the most famous athlete in America. The precise date of Mark Fidrych’s transformation into "The ...

The widow of beloved former Major League pitcher Mark Fidrych has filed a wrongful death suit against the company that made and sold "The Bird" the dump truck under which he was found dead in 2009.

It's been a tough week for baseball, and one that should make us stop and realize how precious life is. "Live every day is if it were your last, and then, one day you shall be right." Only four days ...

The 1976 American League Rookie of the Year, Mark Fidrych was a fan favorite for the Detroit Tigers before injuries derailed his career. On this day in 1983, after an extended comeback attempt with ...

The family of former major league pitching sensation Mark S. Fidrych has filed a wrongful death and product liability lawsuit over his 2009 death, at age 54, while working on a dump truck at his ...

DETROIT >> It could have just as easily been a synopsis of her late husband’s all-too-brief, yet profoundly meaningful life, as it was a reaction to the film that documented his meteoric rise and fall ...