MARK "THE BIRD" FIDRYCH
1954-2009

Perhaps my favorite baseball player ever. I was lucky enough to get to see him pitch in person, back at The Ned against the Hens when he was with Pawtucket. I think every MLB pitcher playing tomorrow should tell their ball, "The Bird says goodbye."

We also bid farewell to legendary sportscaster Harry Kalas and legendary porn star Marilyn Chambers. You know those celeb deaths, they come in threes. Strange that this trio all had something to do with balls. One talked to them, one talked about them, and one sucked them.

No Fidrych, no Kalas, no Chambers, shit.