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The World's Game According To Us

By Austin Kelley

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

On April 1, 1985, a now-iconic article by George Plimpton appeared in Sports Illustrated, profiling a Mets pitching prospect named Hayden "Sidd" Finch. A "28-year-old, somewhat eccentric mystic," Finch wore hiking boots on the mound, had learned a special technique from a yogi in Tibet and could throw a 168-mile-per-hour fastball. Finch was incredible. Really incredible. Like, if you believe this, I have a bridge to sell you. It was April Fools Day after all. Last week, the London Times lis ...

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