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4. I'm waiting for the documentary on Sidd Finch - The Greatest Pitcher Who Never Was

Reply to cali (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 08:07 PM

Aug 2016

Sidd Finch could throw a 168 mph fastball, pitched with one bare foot and a hiking boot on the other and played the French horn. He was a Buddhist monk and his first name was a shortened form of Siddhartha, as in the first name of the founder of Buddhism.

He burst on the baseball scene in 1985, profiled in a memorable Sports Illustrated piece by George Plimpton.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/15/curious-case-sidd-finch

Oh wait, there is a documentary on Sidd Finch!!!!!

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Only one candidate for Governor has a Hollywood biopic about him coming out this summer [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

What a character underpants Aug 2016 #1

In my perfect world, Bill 'Spaceman' Lee would have hurled balls for the Portland Mavericks Brother Buzz Aug 2016 #2

There's a great documentary about him cali Aug 2016 #3

I'm waiting for the documentary on Sidd Finch - The Greatest Pitcher Who Never Was Brother Buzz Aug 2016 #4