Mark Fidrych.
That was such a fun summer. 1976.
"The Bird" was baseball.
Pumping gas when a Tigers' scout signed him for a $3,000 bonus.
Dead in a dump truck accident on his farm Monday? At 54?
Bad bad deal...
If you never got to see him pitch -- 'play' is a better word here -- I wish you had. He was all about joy out there. You had to root for him.
