DETROIT — Detroit has long been a city that’s attracted odd characters, from Jack Kevorkian to flamboyant (and often crooked) politicians, ministers, and eccentric athletes, such as Mark “the Bird” Fidrych, who talked to the ball and came out of nowhere to be the league’s best pitcher for a career that lasted one glorious year.

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