Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees

Date
Tue 29th June 1976 (UTC)
Mon 28th June 1976 (Local)

Timestamp
1976-06-29T00:40:00

Time

00:40:00 UTC (20:40:00 Local)

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League
MLB

Season
1976

Round
0

Status
Match Finished

Location
Detroit
United States
Tiger Stadium
(47,855 Attendance)

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The game that made Mark “The Bird” Fidrych famous. It was a night game played at Tiger Stadium on June 28, 1976. The Tigers squared off against the New York Yankees for a nationally televised game. At the time, very few people outside of Michigan knew much about Fidrych. Even the announcers were mispronouncing his name.

But as the game progressed, millions of people watching the game were enthralled. Fidrych played with his patented child-like enthusiasm and all of his antics were on full display.

The sold out crowd at Tiger Stadium went wild every time Fidrych took to the mound. After the game was over, not a single soul left the stadium. The crowd gave Fidrych a standing ovation and refused to yield until The Bird made a curtain call.