Tigers rookie Mark “the Bird” Fidrych amuses a national television audience by talking to the baseball and pitching a complete game 7-hitter in a 5 – 1 win over the Yankees.

ByThis Day in Baseball June 28, 1976January 30, 2022

Tigers rookie Mark “the Bird” Fidrych amuses a national television audience by talking to the baseball and pitching a complete game 7-hitter in a 5 – 1 win over the Yankees.

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Boston’s Butch Hobson debuts at Fenway Park with a double off the CF wall and a rare inside-the-park homer, both off the Orioles’ Rudy May. Boston wins, 12 – 8.

ByBaseball June 28, 1976

Boston’s Butch Hobson debuts at Fenway Park with a double off the CF wall and a rare inside-the-park homer, both off the Orioles’ Rudy May. Boston wins, 12 – 8.

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Day: June 28, 1976

Tigers rookie Mark “the Bird” Fidrych amuses a national television audience by talking to the baseball and pitching a complete game 7-hitter in a 5 – 1 win over the Yankees.

Boston’s Butch Hobson debuts at Fenway Park with a double off the CF wall and a rare inside-the-park homer, both off the Orioles’ Rudy May. Boston wins, 12 – 8.

Start Listieng to Classic Baseball Broadcasts (1934 - 1973)

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