Talk:Mark Fidrych

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[edit] Birthplace?

This article says he was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, then ends by saying he lives "near his Northboro, Massachusetts birthplace". Most of the online references I found put his birthplace in Worcester. One writer referred to Fid as a "Northborough native"; perhaps he was born in Worcester, but moved to Northborough at such a young age that he's considered a native there, and that reference led others to think he was born in Northborough. (This reference says he played at Algonquin RHS in Northboro.) On the basis of what I've found, I'm going with Worcester as his (sole) birthplace. JamesMLane 01:45, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Northborough has no hospitals and is close enough to Worcester that his parents could have been living in Northborough when he was born in Worcester. But I don't know whether that's true. -Rjyanco 12:42, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Good point. Under that scenario, he was born in Worcester but was indeed a "Northborough native". He wouldn't have a "Northboro birthplace" but perhaps "childhood home in Northborough" would be correct. Anyway, I inserted the fact that he played high school ball at Algonquin RHS, so the reader can see that he's now living near where he grew up. JamesMLane 21:37, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)