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[[File:Fidrych manicure.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fidrych "manicuring the mound"]]
[[File:Fidrych manicure.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fidrych "manicuring the mound"]]
[[File:Fidrychautographs.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fidrych, here signing autographs in Anaheim, had legions of fans everywhere he went. ''"There's an electricity he brings out in everybody. Everyone can see the enthusiasm in Mark. He brings out the exuberance and youth in everybody,"'' said fellow Tiger Rusty Staub [http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/players/170315.html]]]
[[File:Fidrychautographs.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fidrych, here signing autographs in Anaheim, had legions of fans everywhere he went. ''"There's an electricity he brings out in everybody. Everyone can see the enthusiasm in Mark. He brings out the exuberance and youth in everybody,"'' said fellow Tiger Rusty Staub [http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/players/170315.html]]]
[[File:FidrychAllStar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fidrych and Randy Jones of the San Diego Padres, the starting pitchers for the 1976 All Star Game; Fidrych's wide grin reflects the fun he had all season long.]]
On national television, June 28, 1976 the Yankees were at Tiger Stadium before a crowd of 47,855, and the Bird didn't disappoint. "That's not a member of the Detroit ground crew," shouted Warner Wolf of ABC's ''Monday Night Baseball'' as the country saw for the first time the gangly mop-topped kid arranging the mound. [http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=5] The Tigers won 5-1 in a game barely lasting two hours as the country watched the antics of the Bird, with fans in the stadium refusing to leave after the game was over unless and until the Bird popped out and tipped his cap, doing so after his teammates ''pushed'' him out. Teammate Rusty Staub said of Fidrych "There's an electricity that he brings out in everyone, the players and the fans. He's different. He's a 21-year-old kid with a great enthusiasm that everyone loves. He has an inner youth, an exuberance." [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/06.28.html]
On national television, June 28, 1976 the Yankees were at Tiger Stadium before a crowd of 47,855, and the Bird didn't disappoint. "That's not a member of the Detroit ground crew," shouted Warner Wolf of ABC's ''Monday Night Baseball'' as the country saw for the first time the gangly mop-topped kid arranging the mound. [http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=5] The Tigers won 5-1 in a game barely lasting two hours as the country watched the antics of the Bird, with fans in the stadium refusing to leave after the game was over unless and until the Bird popped out and tipped his cap, doing so after his teammates ''pushed'' him out. Teammate Rusty Staub said of Fidrych "There's an electricity that he brings out in everyone, the players and the fans. He's different. He's a 21-year-old kid with a great enthusiasm that everyone loves. He has an inner youth, an exuberance." [http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/06.28.html]