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George Plimpton

“The Curious Case of Sidd Finch” — ostensibly a feature article by George Plimpton —  was the cover story for the April 1, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated. Of course, we all know now (spoiler alert) it was an elaborate hoax. Over the year’s, the myth has be debunked several times, including in the pages […]

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Bits and pieces, April 4

April 4, 2014

Been a hectic week, so I’ve let a few things slide. First and foremost, the next books in Tom Hoffarth’s annually excellent 30-in-30 series: John Feinstein’s Where Nobody Knows Your Name and Ed Sherman’s Babe Ruth’s Called Shot. Here’s another Feinstein item from WRALSPortsfan.com. And maybe you can find the link in this piece from […]

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Came across an interesting website recently: Forgottenbooks.com. I think it’s worth it to reproduce their mission statement in its entirety 1,000,000+ Free Books by Forgotten Books! You have reached the world’s largest online library of high-quality eBooks. Forgotten Books is an independent book publisher, boasting over 1,000,000 different titles, and offering all of our titles […]

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It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 25 years since we first heard about Sidd Finch, the promising Mets hurler who threw in excess of 160 miles per hours, played the French horn, and wore one combat boot on the mound. It may have been nothing but a very elaborate April Fool’s joke courtesy of […]

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Sure, Plimpton wrote about things other than sports, but that’s where I remember him best. No doubt he was the inspiration for hundreds of other sportswriters to step down from their glass-enclosed press box to give the games they covered a whirl. I even took a turn, playing in a game with a men’s 35-and-over […]

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