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03-31-2016, 07:38 PM
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Gosh this was brilliant! I looked up that story a few months back. Always a fun read
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03-31-2016, 08:13 PM
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I'm old enough to remember the story very well. I think I was half taken in and as a Cardinal fan I was thinking "Damn those Mets!".
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03-31-2016, 08:14 PM
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Nearly as brilliant was the joke on here a number of years ago, with the find of a T206 Joe Jackson proof. Many people were floored at the 'find' that day!
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03-31-2016, 09:32 PM
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Happily Fooled (but originally disappointed)
You only need to study my avatar to understand how much I enjoyed being fooled 31 years ago.
When playing fantasy baseball, my team was usually called Sidd Finch's Curious Case. The book is even better than the original SI story - The collector in me insisted on having not only the SI issue, but an 1st edition hardcover. . .
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03-31-2016, 10:07 PM
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...briefly attended Harvard before he headed to Tibet...
I don't know why that line cracks me up everytime but it does!
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03-31-2016, 10:32 PM
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Quote:
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. "A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson “If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente Last edited by clydepepper; 03-31-2016 at 10:33 PM.
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03-31-2016, 11:31 PM
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I was 14 at the time and remember reading it when it came out, before I knew it was a prank.
I remember being skeptical, but in the back of my mind wishing it was true. Slightly ironic that Gooden had his amazing season that same year, so the Mets actually had the closest thing in baseball to Sidd Finch for a short while.
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