Beloved Tiger Pitcher Mark "The Bird" Fydrch died on Monday on his farm while repairing his truck. He had retired to a small town after his major league baseball days were over. He was married with children and he had a farm and a trucking business.
Mark Fydrch - Detroit Tiger Rookie Photo 1976
London was full of Detroit Tiger fans long before the Blue Jays came on the scene. There are still some Tiger fans around London but there numbers are dwindling. Many older fans though remember "The Bird" and his routines of patting down the mound before each inning and talking to the ball before each pitch.
