30 for 30 Shorts — Season 1, Episode 34: Unhittable: Sidd Finch and the Tibetan Fastball
Documentary • 23 min • 1 season, 74 episodes • ★ 7.8/10
Episode synopsis
For Sports Illustrated's April 1, 1985, issue, George Plimpton profiled Sidd Finch, a highly eccentric New York Mets prospect who could throw a fastball at an unheard-of 168 mph... and who was a product of Plimpton's imagination. On the 30th anniversary of the April Fools hoax, the surviving people responsible are profiled, including the Illinois middle-school teacher who posed as Finch for SI.
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