The Curious Case of Sidd Finch

[Banedon]

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119283/index.htm#?bcnn=yes

 

The figure at the top of the gauge is 200 mph. The fastest projectile ever measured by the JUGS (which is named after the oldtimer's descriptive—the "jug-handled" curveball) was a Roscoe Tanner serve that registered 153 mph. The highest number that the JUGS had ever turned for a baseball was 103 mph, which it did, curiously, twice on one day, July 11, at the 1978 All-Star game when both Goose Gossage and Nolan Ryan threw the ball at that speed. On March 17, the gun was handled by Stottlemyre. He heard the pop of the ball in Reynolds's mitt and the little squeak of pain from the catcher. Then the astonishing figure 168 appeared on the glass plate. Stottlemyre remembers whistling in amazement, and then he heard Reynolds say, "Don't tell me, Mel, I don't want to know...."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidd_Finch

[Springfield_CUBBY]

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119283/index.htm#?bcnn=yes

 

The figure at the top of the gauge is 200 mph. The fastest projectile ever measured by the JUGS (which is named after the oldtimer's descriptive—the "jug-handled" curveball) was a Roscoe Tanner serve that registered 153 mph. The highest number that the JUGS had ever turned for a baseball was 103 mph, which it did, curiously, twice on one day, July 11, at the 1978 All-Star game when both Goose Gossage and Nolan Ryan threw the ball at that speed. On March 17, the gun was handled by Stottlemyre. He heard the pop of the ball in Reynolds's mitt and the little squeak of pain from the catcher. Then the astonishing figure 168 appeared on the glass plate. Stottlemyre remembers whistling in amazement, and then he heard Reynolds say, "Don't tell me, Mel, I don't want to know...."

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidd_Finch

Written at a time when writers (George Plimpton, specifically) really knew how to pull off an April Fools joke!

[Jehrico]

168 was a bit too far over the top. If he had reported something more like 112, he might have had more people on the hook.

 

As far as the record goes, I thought Z was clocked at 103 when he was overthrowing during the 2003 NLCS?

[David]

Was that the same game that Beckett blew a 102 mph fastball by Sammy?

 

Yea, I think that gun was a little off.

[Banedon]

168 was a bit too far over the top. If he had reported something more like 112, he might have had more people on the hook.

 

As far as the record goes, I thought Z was clocked at 103 when he was overthrowing during the 2003 NLCS?

 

The article was written in 1985.

[Jehrico]

168 was a bit too far over the top. If he had reported something more like 112, he might have had more people on the hook.

 

As far as the record goes, I thought Z was clocked at 103 when he was overthrowing during the 2003 NLCS?

 

The article was written in 1985.

Yeah, but the wikipedia reference (not the article itself) mentioned 103 as if it was still current and hadn't been matched again. Reading it again, I see it's not attempting to be current, just rehashing the '85 article.

[Magnetic Curses]

george plimpton is dead. and he was also gay for matt damon.