Sidd

Surprisingly, Sidd Finch had never even played the game before.

Fool me once… 2009

Plimpton could also take credit for at least one memorable fictional character: Sidd Finch, a baseball pitcher of unprecedented gifts (168 mph fastball) and unlikely background (reared in the mountains of Tibet) portrayed so vividly by Plimpton in a 1985 Sports Illustrated article that many believed he existed.

Balloon Juice » 2003 » September 2003

So how do NBA people know about this kid with the Sidd

USATODAY.com - Tskitishvili looks like next European prodigy 2002

Sidd, and in this reach of the river it is still fordable at many points.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Sidd Purkayastha, the company's vice president for global technical development, says stevia leaves actually contain a whole family of different sweet molecules, called steviol glycosides.

News 2012

Sidd Purkayastha, the company's vice president for global technical development, says stevia leaves actually contain a whole family of different sweet molecules, called steviol glycosides.

News 2012

Every time you spot Discover magazine on the newsstand, you growl because you fell for its April 1995 article about the discovery of the ice-melting, penguin-eating Sports Illustrated's April 1, 1985, article about Sidd Finch, the New York Mets prospect who could throw a baseball 168 mph.

Slate Magazine Jack Shafer 2011

On the 25th anniversary of the classic SI Sidd Finch story, there were several attempts at Sidd Finch-esque stories.

The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Jon Azpiri 2010

It's been a long time since Sidd Finch, but it seems like sports April Fools Day jokes are all the rage in 2010.

The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public Jon Azpiri 2010

Of course, it was 25 years ago today that Sports Illustrated pulled off the biggest whopper of them all, the Sidd Finch saga by George Plimpton.

The Seattle Times 2010