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EarlG

(21,952 posts) Thu Apr 1, 2021, 11:45 AM Apr 2021

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Good Day DU (April 1, 2021) (Original Post) EarlG Apr 2021 OP

George Plimpton and Sports Illustrateds Sidd Finch prank. underpants Apr 2021 #1

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1. George Plimpton and Sports Illustrateds Sidd Finch prank.

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Thu Apr 1, 2021, 12:11 PM

Apr 2021

When readers received the April 1, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated, they opened the magazine to read an article about a young, unknown New York Mets prospect who could throw a baseball 168 mph. The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch, written by journalist George Plimpton, detailed the mysterious lifestyle of the "part-pitcher, part-yogi" who played the French horn beautifully and looked like "Goofy in one of Walt Disney's cartoon classics" when he threw the ball.

https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2020/04/01/sidd-finch-april-fools-article-george-plimpton-lane-stewart-joe-berton

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