The bio I chose was The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych, mostly because it was on the shelf at my local library. And, that 70’s inspired cover was just too “groovy” to pass up.
Since I was all of five years old and completely unaware of baseball in 1976, I have no memory of the Detroit Tigers pitcher. But, as a lover of baseball history, his meteoric rise to the top has been on my radar. I had heard the stories and seen the YouTube videos, but this book by Doug Wilson cemented his greatness.