Mark Fidrych's ELECTRIC start vs. NYY! | Yankees @ Tigers - 6/28/1976 | MLB Classic Games

In one of the most electric mid-summer regular season games of all time, phenom pitcher Mark Fidrych introduces himself to a national audience on ABC's Monday Night Baseball. Yankees @ Tigers - June 28, 1976. Learn more about the amazing talent and quirks of Mark "The Bird" Fidrych: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I40VKriKldM 0:00 NYY starting lineup 2:43 Fidrych First Pitch 8:46 Bird's 1st K and dugout sprint 9:05 DET starting lineup 14:25 Rusty Staub DET HR 21:50 Elrod Hendricks NYY HR 27:36 Bird manicures the mound 34:40 Ball hits 3B bag + coach 40:27 Rusty Staub nice catch 41:39 Bird talks to the ball! 48:18 Tiger Stadium SRO crowd 1:03:33 Bird's groundskeeping 1:09:57 Bird web gem 1:11:40 Aurelio Rodriguez HR 1:26:03 1976 All-Star Ballot update 1:32:39 Final out + Panedmonium 1:36:11 Bob Uecker interviews Fidrych And don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@MLB Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB & https://twitter.com/MLBVault Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mlb Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/ #mlb #baseball #sports #mlbvault #baseballhighlights #baseballhistory