lilpenny1316

April 25th, 2016 at 10:31 PM ^

Nothing mentioned even though the national networks picked it up.  DetNews only mentions it for a sentence and it "appeared" to be an obscene gesture.  I used to the the NYC media was harsh just for the hell of it.  Now I wish our local media could learn how to be brutally honest.  Don't troll like Sharp, but demand some real answers and accountability from these GMs, coaches and players.

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Ray

April 25th, 2016 at 10:35 PM ^

Think it was 1978 or 1979 because my buddy Mike and I went down and sat behind posts on the 1st base line. We went to Tiger Stadium to see a phenom--and we did. Oh, wait--you meant a different kind of bird, entirely. Never mind.

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1VaBlue1

April 25th, 2016 at 10:51 PM ^

I was at Tiger Stadium the night he threw out his shoulder. I'll remember that pitch the rest of my life - he jumped straight up and circled the mound a couple of times. Threw a couple more pitches and the ump came out. That was it. Jim Campbell pitched all nine innings for the complete game win. 52,000 fans were distraught and ecstatic at the same time.

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EJG

April 26th, 2016 at 7:24 AM ^

I was there too.  6-4 Tigers.  Sat just outside the right feild foul pole.  There were two other memorable moments in that game.  Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson arguing in the Yankees dugout and and a loudmouth drunk sitting about five rows above us getting hit in the head by a foul ball, sliding about five steps down the aisle dazed, and the whole section erupting into a big cheer.  My introduction to karma.

 

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umchicago

April 26th, 2016 at 11:27 AM ^

The game that firmly established the legend of Mark Fidrych was that June 28 against the Yankees. The national media had picked up on both Fidrych’s success -- he was now 7-1 -- and his antics on the field. In turn, baseball fans and the American public were now taking notice of the Bird. The game, pitting Fidrych against the first-place Yankees, was televised nationally on ABC’s “Monday Night Baseball” telecast and received a great deal of attention. Fans came in droves to attend the game at Tiger Stadium; 47,855 people attended the game, and it was reported that another 10,000 were turned away more than an hour before the game was scheduled to start.6 Fidrych shut down the Yankees, allowing seven hits, no walks, and just a solo homer by Elrod Hendricks as the Tigers won 5-1. Chants of “Go Bird Go!” echoed through the crowd throughout the game. 

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BIGBLUEWORLD

April 25th, 2016 at 10:57 PM ^

I thought the OP was somehow referring to Mark Fidrych, who died in 2009. I met him in a bar one time. He was talking and acting pretty ordinary, as opposed to his on field persona. 

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tpilews

April 26th, 2016 at 12:25 AM ^

Anyone not give a shit about this? 6-0 in the 6th and he loses the ball in the air. Shit happens. I'd be more pissed the left fielder came over and decided to play soccer with the ball allowing the runner to advance to third. 

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MGoblu8

April 26th, 2016 at 12:36 AM ^

That's pretty fucking weak. I mean, what are the fans booing about? He lost a mile high pop fly. It happens. That being said, flipping off fans on the road is dumb, but you know how fans can be. Flipping off the home crowd? That takes either very big balls or a very little brain. Either way, he may get some time to think about it in Toledo.

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