Mark "The Bird" Fidrych Was Baseball's Best Rookie! - NPBHUB

This is the craziest and most entertaining rookie in major league baseball history mark fiderich burst onto the scene in the summer of 1976 taking the baseball world by storm nicknamed the bird due to his resemblance to big bird of sesame street fidrich had a couple of mannerisms that

Made him a must watch he’d manicure the man by hand replacing any holes or divots he saw he talked to the ball and yell at it if it didn’t move the way he wanted to he’d throw balls that had hits in them out of play strut around the

Mount after every out sprint off the mount after every half inning and be sure to high-five each of his teammates after the game in 1976 he started the all-star game and won al rookie of the year while finishing second in the cy young voting thanks to a 234 era and 24

Complete games over 250 innings a knee and rotator cuff injuries would derail his career and he’d be out of baseball by 1980. i can follow for more cool baseball stories like this