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Throwback Thursday: Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych
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When we first heard about 'The Bird': Tigers' Mark Fidrych burst onto scene 40 years ago
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Fidrych gone, but not forgotten
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Super 70s Sports on X: Today in 1976, Mark Fidrych tells Big Bird to grab a bat and strikes him out on three pitches. / X
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Magic of Mark Fidrych lives on in '76 broadcast replay
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Detroit Tigers flashback: Mark Fidrych, 'horse manure' and an ovation
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Mark Fidrych – Society for American Baseball Research
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Detroit Tigers: The story of Mark Fidrych's best start In 1976
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40 years ago, Mark (The Bird) Fidrych was 'some kind of unbelievable
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When we first heard about 'The Bird': Tigers' Mark Fidrych burst onto scene 40 years ago
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