Tigers beat Ole Miss - was Sidd on the mound?

Mike in Memphis · Apr 1, 2011

Tigers beating Ole Miss is always a happy time.
And it is that time of year!!

The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
By George Plimpton

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
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He starts his windup. He sways way back, like Juan Marichal, this hiking boot comes clomping over -- I thought maybe he was wearing it for balance or something -- and he suddenly rears upright like a catapult. The ball is launched from an arm completely straight up and stiff. Before you can blink, the ball is in the catcher's mitt. You hear it crack, and then there's this little bleat from Reynolds."

Christensen said the motion reminded him of the extraordinary contortions that he remembered of Goofy's pitching in one of Walt Disney's cartoon classics. "I never dreamed a baseball could be thrown that fast. The wrist must have a lot to do with it, and all that leverage. You can hardly see the blur of it as it goes by. As for hitting the thing, frankly, I just don't think it's humanly possible. You could send a blind man up there, and maybe he'd do better hitting at the sound of the thing."
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Have a good weekend.

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PURPLE TIGER · Apr 2, 2011

I can never get enough of a headline which reads..."Tigers beat Ole Miss".

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Tigers beat Ole Miss - was Sidd on the mound?

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