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Published 4/13/2008 by Dave Sheinin at Wash Post MLB

We wish we knew 23 years ago what we now understand about pitching mechanics, because we never would have fallen for the great Sidd Finch-Sports Illustrated hoax of April 1, 1985. We would have known immediately that the pitching prospect pictured in his New York Mets uniform, with his bizarre wi... (link)

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