I would like to think that if I had the amazing talent that Mark Fidrych did, I would be as normal as he was. I would like to think that if I had it all go away just as fast as it came, I would be as normal as he was. Could you ask for a better guy?
I have heard people telling stories on the radio today and it makes me smile. I was 10 in the summer of '76 and I still remember the big game against the Yankees on national TV. They showed on MLBN a couple of weeks ago. I will look for it again. My favorite story today was the one from a guy in Southgate that lived on the same block as a girl that Fidrych was dating. When he pulled up in his car they would all rush over and he would play ball with them, doing his whole pitching routine tossing a tennis ball for them to hit.
You just had the idea that he was just like everybody else and that he appreciated what he had been given and was happy as a normal Dad and husband.
We will miss you Bird.
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