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What if … Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych never got hurt? - The Athletic
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Detroit Tigers flashback: Mark Fidrych, 'horse manure' and an ovation
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Mark “The Bird” Fidrych, 54, Dies in Apparent Accident
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Detroit Tigers flashback: The night Mark Fidrych was 'horse manure
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Fidrych dies in apparent accident
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Detroit Tigers flashback: Mark Fidrych, 'horse manure' and an ovation
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Would Mark Fidrych have a hall of fame career if he never got
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Throwback Thursday: Mark Fidrych - by Andrés Alvarez
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The Bird' suffers through an injury-filled 1977 season