Few Major League Baseball players ever had made as large of an impact in such little time as Mark "The Bird" Fidrych.
Fidrych, the curly haired, right-handed pitcher who talked to the ball and maintained the pitcher's mound with his bare hands, won only 29 games in a five-year career with the Tigers.
With his New England accent, his "aww shucks" demeanor and his million-watt smile, he was a sensation — a sensation captured perfectly in MLB Network's documentary, "The Bird," which debuts at 10 p.m. Sunday, in this, the 40th anniversary of the year Fidrych captivated a city and a country.