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 ...

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 ...

Mark Fidrych will be forever known as the pitcher who talked to the baseball. He'll always be a topic of conversation. "The Bird" died this week in an accident at the age of 54. His career ended more ...

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 ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Mark "The Bird" Fidrych, a double All-Star for the Detroit Tigers whose colorful antics on the pitching mound created a sensation during the mid-1970s, has died aged 54. Fidrych, ...

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 ...