i have heard he could throw 120 mph but was not allowed to play because he would have destroyed the game.
2007-04-26 17:30:57 · 6 answers · asked by phillip j 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
You do realize that the whole "Sid Finch" thing was an April Fool's joke, don't you? That was one of the biggest hoaxes in sports history, and it was because of a Sports Illustrated article in 1985. I was 12 years old and knew that it wasn't real. I read the article and he pitched under a tent so no one could see. There were "experts" saying that they had never seen anyone throw that hard, and even "Finch's" landlady was interviewed for info on the mysterious pitcher. That was fishy right there.
Also, once you read the article, the first letters of the words in the title spelled out "April Fool". Sid Finch was just a character in what was just an elaborate April Fool's joke.
Some of these answers crack me up! "He was allowed to play, but didn't"! LOL!! Yeah, he never existed!!
2007-04-26 17:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same number of people that have actually seen the Grinch come into there house and steal their Christmas Presents. Sid Finch is a fictitious pitcher created by George Plimpton as and April Fools Joke for Sports Illustrated.
2007-04-27 00:35:54 · answer #2 · answered by Hoosier 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was Sidd (short for Siddhartha) Finch, and he could throw 168 mph or more. Didn't have a curveball; didn't need one.
Plimpton made a novel out of it a few years later.
Joe Berton, the gangly school teacher who posed as Finch in the pictures in SI, still gets called "Sidd" on the street. The first time that happened while he was out with a girlfriend (whom he eventually married) led to a sheepish explanation, but she was good with it. (Hey, how often do you get a story that cool to tell first-hand?)
2007-04-27 01:03:45 · answer #3 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole thing was an April Fool's joke by Sports Illustrated, who ran a feature article on a completely fictitious character.
2007-04-27 08:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your facts are very wrong. It was 168 mph, and it was an April Fools joke by George Plimpton. (The fact that Plimpton deliberately misspelled the name of the pitching coach ought to have been a dead giveaway.)
2007-04-27 00:56:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
that would have been fun watching him throw over 110 mph. I would have loved to seen that. He was allowed to play but chose not too. it was his decision to play and he didnt.
2007-04-27 00:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by Traffic 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋