[Joe 6-pack]

Back when I was teen, and Sports Illustrated was actually a sports magazine and had an annual swimsuit issue that covered actual females, George Plimpton wrote the Sidd Finch article about an unorthodox MBL recruit with a fastball thrown well in excess of the current record.

It was an exceptionally well crafted piece and still one of my favorite all time April Fool's Day efforts.

The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch

[Hyman Roth]

Plimpton was great. I remember seeing him wearing a sweater vest drinking Miller High life out of a can. 😂

[spankalib]

I remember that! The subhead below the title:

He's a pitcher, part yogi and part recluse. Impressively liberated from our opulent life-style, Sidd's deciding about yoga—and his future in baseball.

(note the first letters spell it out)

[TChad]

The Curious Case Of Sidd Finch

https://www.si.com/mlb/2014/10/15/curious-case-sidd-finch

I just re-read it. It still works. Plimpton on a roll.