http://wbztv.com/local/mark.Fidrych.dies.2.983934.html
Looks like he was working on his truck and it fell on him.
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derFunkenstein wrote:That's too bad - while I'm too young to really remember him, it seems that along with Bill Lee he was one of baseball's true oddballs.
derFunkenstein wrote:Alas, he only really had one great year (which he started as an NRI in spring training), though that wasn't exactly his fault:That's too bad - while I'm too young to really remember him, it seems that along with Bill Lee he was one of baseball's true oddballs.
Joe Posnanski wrote:Fidrych threw 24 complete games that year (his rookie season, age 21), and compiled a 2.32 ERA, both leading the league, and he started the all-star game for the AL. He would start only another 27 games in his career.It’s impossible to look back at Fidrych’s remarkable 1976 — knowing what we know now about pitch counts and such things — and not cringe at the way manager Ralph Houk abused him. Of course, nobody was counting pitches in 1976, but even so it’s hard to believe a manager would allow a rookie to throw five extra-inning games. Five! Or how about this stretch: From July 29th to August 29th, The Bird threw a nine-inning game, a seven-inning game, a nine-inning game, another nine-inning game, another nine-inning game, a 10-inning game, a nine-inning game and an 11 1/3 inning game — each one on three-days rest. Imagine that: Fidrych threw 73 1/3 innings and seven complete games in a month.
To give you a comparison, K-Rod threw 68 1/3 innings all last year.
To give you a comparison, Johan Santana has thrown nine complete games in his career.
UberGerbil wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:Fidrych threw 24 complete games that year (his rookie season, age 21), and compiled a 2.32 ERA, both leading the league, and he started the all-star game for the AL. He would start only another 27 games in his career.Joe Posnanski - It’s impossible to look back at Fidrych’s remarkable 1976 — knowing what we know now about pitch counts and such things — and not cringe at the way manager Ralph Houk abused him. Of course, nobody was counting pitches in 1976, but even so it’s hard to believe a manager would allow a rookie to throw five extra-inning games. Five! Or how about this stretch: From July 29th to August 29th, The Bird threw a nine-inning game, a seven-inning game, a nine-inning game, another nine-inning game, another nine-inning game, a 10-inning game, a nine-inning game and an 11 1/3 inning game — each one on three-days rest. Imagine that: Fidrych threw 73 1/3 innings and seven complete games in a month.
To give you a comparison, K-Rod threw 68 1/3 innings all last year.
To give you a comparison, Johan Santana has thrown nine complete games in his career.
He also had one of the best magazine cover shots ever.
derFunkenstein wrote:They'd said after the replay was over that it wasn't until 1985 - 5 years after he finally retired - that he was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff.
idchafee wrote:No, that's Tommy John (elbow). They still don't have a surefire fix for torn rotator cuffs. They're better at diagnosing and treating than they were then, but shoulders are still a huge problems.derFunkenstein wrote:Now, he'd miss a year then come back throwing harder then before he got hurtThey'd said after the replay was over that it wasn't until 1985 - 5 years after he finally retired - that he was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff.
idchafee wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:They'd said after the replay was over that it wasn't until 1985 - 5 years after he finally retired - that he was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff.
Now, he'd miss a year then come back throwing harder then before he got hurt