[DOC] [TLE] Sidd Finch - Wikipedia [PAR] Sidd Finch was a fictional baseball player, the subject of the notorious article and 
April Fools' Day hoax "The Curious Case of Sidd Finch" written by George 
Plimpton and first published in the April 1, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated. ... The 
Mets scouting report gave Finch a "9" on fastball velocity and control: "8" is the 
highest... [DOC] [TLE] The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch | SI.com [PAR] Oct 15, 2014 ... It originally ran in the April 1, 1985 issue. ... John, go on in there, stand at the 
plate and give the pitcher a target. ... the Mets brought in a radar gun to measure 
the speed of Finch's fastball. ... number that the JUGS had ever turned for a 
baseball was 103 mph, ... "He was almost never there," Peterson told SI. [DOC] [TLE] Sidd Finch (1985) - The Museum of Hoaxes [PAR] In its April 1, 1985 edition, Sports Illustrated published an article by George ... He 
could reportedly pitch a baseball at 168 mph with pinpoint accuracy. ... Finch 
frequently wore a hiking boot on his right foot while pitching, his other foot being 
bare. ... throw his fastball and would therefore not be pursuing a career with the 
Mets. [DOC] [TLE] An Old Baseball April Fools' Hoax - The New York Times [PAR] Apr 1, 2005 ... The hoax began at Sports Illustrated's offices in early 1985. ... Sidd Finch was an 
aspiring monk who spent much of his orphaned ... "Joe, the Mets have this pitcher 
down in Florida I have to go shoot," Stewart said. ... Harvard and Tibet and the 
French horn and the 168-m.p.h. heater ... Tell us what you think. [DOC] [TLE] The greatest pitcher who never was - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Mar 31, 2011 ... Joe Berton, who posed as Sidd Finch in a 1985 Sports Illustrated hoax, ... Finch 
was the baseball player featured in the April 1, 1985, issue of Sports ... but whose 
fastball was a leather-wrapped sonic boom of 168 miles per hour. ... Friday, the 
first of April, April Fool's Day, we thought to check in on Berton. [DOC] [TLE] Was the Greatest April Fools' Joke in Sports History Borrowed from a ... [PAR] Apr 1, 2015 ... This is true: on April 1, 1985, Sports Illustrated published an article by Paris 
Review editor George Plimpton called "The Curious Case of Sidd Finch." It was 
an account of a Buddhist pitcher with a 168 mph fastball and his spring ... last 
October as one of 60 of the best stories ever to appear in the magazine. [DOC] [TLE] Could There Ever Be a Sidd Finch 2.0?  - Grantland [PAR] Apr 6, 2015 ... As of this writing, the former pitching prospect known as Sidd Finch is 58 ... who 
wandered into Mets camp with a 168-mile-per-hour fastball. Plimpton's profile, 
which appeared in the April Fools' Day 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated, began, ... 
that one of the magazine's issues would bear the date of April 1. [DOC] [TLE] George Plimpton | Plimpton's Famous April Fool's Joke in Sport ... [PAR] May 16, 2014 ... For the April 1, 1985, issue of Sports Illustrated, George Plimpton wrote ... Case of 
Sidd Finch, a profile on an incredible rookie baseball pitcher for ... could throw a 
168-mph fast ball partly thanks to his Buddhist training (Sidd... [DOC] [TLE] Sidd Finch: The Backstory | Baseball Magazine [PAR] Mar 16, 2016 ... In early 1985 Plimpton huddled in New York offices of Sports ... had an 
assignment in St. Petersburg to photograph a new Mets pitcher. ... I told Joe he's 
(Finch) got a 168 mile per hour fastball, they've got .... April Fools Hoaxes of All 
Time, MuseumofHoaxes.com lists Sidd Finch No. ... December 2015 Issue... [DOC] [TLE] Classic April Fools' Hoaxes - The Daily Beast [PAR] Mar 31, 2010 ... In the spring of 1985, Sidd Finch walked on at a Mets training

Question: A 1985 April Fools' issue of this magazine told of Sidd Finch, the pitcher with the 168 mph fastball
Answer: Sports Illustrated