Revisiting Mark Fidrych -- Timber Rattlers' Blog

[Mass Haas]

The Timber Rattler's Chris Mehring does a nice job all year round with his blog.

 

Here's his latest entry, and the thread here from last August about Mark Fidrych's unfortunate passing.

 

Via Chris' blog, be sure to check out the four-minute You Tube video he links to

, which includes our own Bob Uecker on the mike.

 

If you're not old enough to remember the Bicentennial season of 1976, you'll get a chance to feel what watching "the Bird" was like.

[Patrick425]

This last weekend on the MLB network they replayed the Monday Night game where Fidrych threw a complete game against the Yankees. My 11 year old son got a kick out of his antics on the mound.

 

They also played the 1984 Cub/Cards game where Sanberg hit 2 game tying HRs. In watching both of those games it was interesting to see how loose security was when it came to the fans (fans climbing on top of the dugouts, throwing stuff on the field, etc) compared to how it is now.