It's too bad this guy didn't last long. With a 168 mph fastball, he would have been a legend.
Sidd (short for Siddharta) Finch was a rookie baseball pitcher in training with the New York Mets. Finch, who had never played baseball before, was attempting to decide between a sports career and one playing the French horn. What was astonishing about Finch was that he could pitch a fastball at an amazing 168 mph, far above the record of a mere 103 mph. He also wore only one shoe - a heavy hiker's boot - when pitching.
Finch grew up in an English orphanage and was adopted by anarchaeologist who later died in a plane crash in Nepal. After briefly attending Harvard University, he went to Tibet to learn "yogic mastery of mind-body," which was the source of his pitching prowess.
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That's incredible. A 168 mph fastball. I've never heard of such a thing.
This story reminds me of a kid from Hendricks, MN back in the early 90's. The kid was good. Had the real stuff. Too bad he lost all his confidence and inner drive after he was left behind on the bus ride to a team dinner.
He was left on purpose. He had a bad attitude.
Oh, the memories. I really was feeling the love that night. However, to be forgotten was pretty par for the course.
Group of BFF: Man, that was a sweet camping trip last weekend!
The Hendricks Kid: What camping trip?
BFF: Oh, you didn't know about it?
The Hendricks Kid: How could I if no one told me about it?
BFF: Oh.
(awkward moment of silence)
BFF: How 'bout that game last Saturday?
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