121mph: The Buddhist Freak Who Almost Ruined the MLB
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2024
- Episode 7/55: The legend of Sidd Finch, the greatest baseball player who never got to play in an official major league game. (Apologies in advance.)
Photos/videos courtesy: Sports Illustrated and “Unhittable” (ESPN) - Sport
Sid and I climbed Everest one day in 86 and then we sat down and invented the internet. Man, good times!
And that was after you discovered those tunnels on Mars, with all the fruit trees in them....
@@robertrodes1546 Not to mention the time you went skiing on Enceladus without a jacket...
And met Yogi Bear
I met him once at a bowling alley ; we had a very nice conversation about the dietary restrictions of the different branches of Buddhist monks - then we bowled a few games - he bowled 300 every time - and he was bowling overhand ! 😮
truly one of the 55 folks of all time
On 55th street cuz
??? That makes no sense.
Population is bigger now than in '85 re: deaths.
Shhhh
I had to make sure someone pointed this out, like 5 billion vs 8 billion now and we’ll be 9 in no time.
So the rate of death was 0.96% in 1985 vs. 0.75% in 2023....At least that is what Alexia told me....🕉
Thank you. I was grinding my teeth when they were talking about this.
Not how percentages work try math again.
In my teens, SI was the magazine to have. It was the paper version of ESPN’s morning highlight reel but in story form. How the mighty have fallen. I wouldn’t touch either with a ten foot pole today.
How has this channel not blown up yet? Seriously impressive stuff.
You tube keeps hiding it I was waiting for this and then forgot now it's been two weeks grr on the brightside the next episode might come soon 😁 this is an awesome channel I really enjoyed the Mike Leech stories too
7:40 World population grew 81% between 1980 (4.44 million) and 2023 (8.05 million). Death RATE in 1980: 10.5% per 1000; in 2023: 7.7% per 1000. More people = more chances for death... dumb af.
Because they don't heed their own advice and will go the way of Sports Illustrated. The ignorance is astounding quite honestly
I'm old enough to remember this but I watched it anyway. Well done. Plimpton was a genius.
New Coke switcheroo was to transition public from sucrose cane sugar to fructose corn syrup without knowing. Profits for Coke and diabetes and obesity for consumers skyrocketed.
i remember my dad bringing home the last 3 liter before they switched. he said " well boys this is it, so enjoy it" You can still get cane sugar cokes from mexico!!!
Damn 👀
did it help ya hit the curveball?
Dang RJ, that shit never dawned on me. Wow.
that's right...moreover, the fact that major league baseball outsells antiques should give us pause pray for world PIECE
I was fully invested into this story. Now I know to always go straight to the comment section first 😂😂
The huge mistake that the story made was that he threw 121 mph. If they would have said 112 - then you would have had more people buying into it.
I thought I had discovered the greatest story in baseball history 😂
Terrific 1985 recap. You slipped that in so smoothly.
They didn’t tell us whether they rocked out to Wham! or were big Limp Bizkit fans 😜
@@DJBop86 Nobody "rocked out to Wham!" - Mötley Crüe baby!
@@JMacSD I’m guessing you don’t know the lyrics from the Bowling For Soup song that this is in reference to? 😅
@@DJBop86he’s not still preoccupied, with ninety eighty five.
@@blakebarone1809he just hit the wall, he never had it all. One Prozac a day…
I wonder if Finch was friends with Tuttle? Tuttle was a dude totally made up on an episode of MASH. By the end of the episode everybody claimed they knew Tuttle. If Finch and Tuttle didn't know each other, this would be sad. Because they had a lot in common. LOL!
That next episode teaser got me.. good job.
I feel bad that he only got one sock. He was amazing to watch. He signed a baseball for me.... it's somewhere in the attic.
The Tides are based in Virginia, not Maine. Please don't take away the ONE team we have in the area 😂
Should have clarified the Tides were playing in Maine against the Guides, not based in Maine. There are NO teams in my area so I get it haha
I'm from NB, Canada. ... I feel your pain.
17:32 its actually intents and purposes, not intensive purposes, common mistake
I thought they did that intentionally, and I kept skipping back to try and work out what the joke was supposed to be.
Atoadaso guys, atoadaso. It's all intents and purposes! Lol
said by the same people that say "pacifically"
I thought it was tents and porpoises.
It's obviously intensive porpoises
As a kid, my Dad bought me a subscription to Sports Illustrated. I remember the Sidd Finch issue vividly because Plimpton TOTALLY fooled me. ❤👍 This channel is straight-up one of the coolest on CZcams.
About the deaths by year. The world population in 1985 was 4.8 billion in 2023 it was 7.9 billion so the population is almost double yet the deaths only grew by 12 million so I’d say that’s a good thing
Yeah, that "makes you wonder" line was utterly moronic.
They don’t count the Murdered babies
I can't tell if the part about there being more deaths in 2023 than in 1985 is satire...
George Plimpton, Sports illustrated writer, author of Paper Lion, tried to catch lightning in a bottle again with the story of Syd Finch.
Been several years, how is my recollection?
The barefoot flamethrowing legend
oh man... why haven't i seen this channel before? loved this format!
Sidd and I used to make grilled cheese sandwiches for the rats in NYC. The rats would gather coins and dollar bills to exchange it for the sandwich. It was a fast way to make money until the rats started eating BLTs.
I was a kid with a SI subscription mom gave me. I wanted to believe he had something that Mark Fidrich had. Turned out, they both loved Denny's Grand Slam breakfasts at the stroke of midnight.
Ha! Just looking at the thumbnail, I was hoping this would be a piece about Mark Fidrych. I idolized that guy and used his mannerisms on the mound. RIP Mark "the bird"
Bowling For Soup reference... LUL
Wildly awesome video dudes! I love it!
Isn't this about a month early? 😄
i remember this APRIL issue when it came out.
The best April fools joke ever. Sports Illustrated April 1, 1985
I fell for this back then myself. So embarrassed and only I knew.
Love the Bowling for Soup 1985 reference at around 5:50. Lol.
That bowling for soup reference killed me😂
YESSSS!! That’s when I realized this video wasn’t what I thought it was🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣
Why on earth 🌍 would you find it odd that more people died in 2023 than in 1985? There are FAR more people living in 2023, correct? So wouldn’t you be able to infer that it would actually be quite an anomaly if there were fewer deaths? My god, can you imagine the rocketing population numbers if the more people they lived the fewer that died? What a weird ass world 🌎 that would be.
So true, that's just a dumb remark. There were little under 5 billion people on earth in 1985. Last year the count went over 8 billion...
@@sturmjahAnd you have confirmed this how? By agreeing with the "facts" as presented by the news and the government that both have been bought and paid for by people with money and a agenda.
@@youropionmattersnot 😂😂😱
woooosh
Yup. Specifically America, but most of the world, are losing the post ww2 generation. They made a couple billion kids, birthrates are declining since. In ten years it will likely spike, simply based on the biggest generation will mostly be gone. The average age will sharply decline too. But, what do I know? I'm just a small town bird lawyer
Well, that took several turns. RIP SI.
This editing style in the beginning is crazyyyy
Yes, on the Bowling For Soup reference! 🤘🏼😂
Before I even click on this video, the name Sid Finch immediately pops into my head! That’s the impact reading that SI story had on me. If I’m remembering correctly, the cover had the bespectacled guy sitting on the ground playing a French horn and wearing an unlaced, tan boot. In a Met’s striped jersey shirt??? Not sure about that.
SO, 1) Not on the cover, 2) striped pants, not jersey, 3) my memory created a conglomeration image based on the set of “Sidd Finch” pics from the article. Interesting study of memory!
I remember this spoof article in Sports Illustrated. 🤠
"I have learned thee art of thee pitch." - Sid Fish
Great content! Liked and subscribed.
So sad what happened to Sid. I don't think people realize how tough it is to transcend the barrier of life and death, the void and existence itself the way he did.
I highly recommend the book about him... Great writing.
Wow. I must thank you bc wasting 18:20 has now given me a great heightened affection for the rest of my time here on earth.
Not being a sports fan I paused the video and told my lady about this guy, only to realize I had been rused lol.
I love this channel!
Great channel!
New Coke was actually created as a diversion. The company wanted to go from using real sugar to high fructose corn syrup but knew consumers would recognize a difference so they rolled out new coke, got everyone to forget what the exact flavor of the old formula was and then went back to the old formula using corn syrup and nobody noticed the difference. This could almost be one of your videos.
I remember when this story came out. I was in prep school and on the baseball team and that was all anybody was talking about
Y'all should do Thomas Francis Meagher
Does this have to stop at 55 folks? If you take suggestions please consider Phil Kearny. One armed Mexican American War veteran, member of the French Lègion d'honneur, Civil War general, and absolute badass.
We could probably rename the channel to 555 folks if we keep going. And thanks yeah it would be cool to do some suggested videos along the way
I caught what you did there with the song lyrics, "bring back Springsteen, Madonna, . . . There was U2 and Blondie . . . " - I forget the band but it ws a hit a decade or so ago. Something about 1985.
I feel for that hook line and sinker back in the day. Best April Fools ever
Even as you said April 1, i still held onto "Mr Finch goes to the Mets". Dagnabbit!
....and music still on MTV!! Her two kids, in high school, they tell her that she's uncool!!
The story is that New Coke was sweeter than regular Coke to conceal all the extra salt, which was put in there to make the drink less refreshing, so you would want to drink more.
'85 was a good year for music.
I wonder if Sidd learned the Tibetan Method at the same place as Special Agent Dale Cooper...
If you are going to attempt journalism in any form, it really helps if you state idioms correctly.
"For all intensive purposes" does not make sense, it's word salad.
'For all intent & purposes' does have a meaning.
I worked for the Dodgers in 88 & 89 as a minor league trainer.
Through out the video, I kept racking my brain trying remember the story of Sid Fynch. Especially frustrating was the name WAS familiar; couldn't put it in context.
I think it was their point to say it incorrectly, it increases engagement to get people to reply to a video.
@@mrobject9113 You really think they're that manipulative/clever? How many other commenters pointed it out; I didn't look.
The reason I mentioned it, is it's a pet peeve of mine when writers misuse idioms.
Hey guys. 1984 world population was 4.8B. 2020 world population 7.84B.
Things are getting better.
Sid was way ahead of us. He didn't have stuck poop like Emma's grandma and all MLB players. So glad I watched Emma For Gut all the way through. Lost 20 pounds and just ran the 100m with bare feet in 5 seconds.
top 41 pitchers of all time
85 was a fun year for me 13yo,,,I remember stuff was so much slower and laid back,,,I was listening to motley crue ozzy, scorpions, ratt, iron maiden 🎉
truly one of the 55 folk tales of all time
i never told anyone how Sidd and I were classmates at Harvard Law School. Back then he never mentioned his baseball skills
I remember reading the story of Finch in SI back then.
I've always contended that '86 would never have happened for the mets without Syd Finch (I like to spell it with the y because i think maybe bird Fydrich was kind of the guy Syd was modeled on). It increased New Yorker's capacity to believe that they could have the impossible, which as we all know, is what it came down to in the '86 series.
When I was a kid I was subscribed to SI and remember being enthralled by that article. After I found out "the truth", I was mad at myself for not catching it (but I was a kid).
Such a great story. Life should not be so serious.
HAHAHAHAHA. After I'd shared to a Mets fan friend, etc I see the reveal. Y'all got me...good one...no GREAT ONE. Went right upside my head like a 121mph fastball...lol
bruh. there are more people alive now than there were in the 1980s, no shit there are more deaths. that was a crazy thing to be surprised by and not make the connection tbh
Zack Greinke cut Sidd finch’s lawn in 1998 ., when he was only 15 .
Sidd saw him mowing the grass because Sidd finch retired in 1985 from the NY Mets .
And after the lawn job ,
Zack asked “ what’s next ?”
Sidd replied ., “ you are too tall to catch .. “ “ go throw a ball around for awhile , and just maybe ..,”😮
85 was an odd year for baseball.
GREAT now I need to know about those 3 guys on that island.
I have a new mission April first every year for the remainder of my days.
7:45 The death rate in the USA continues to be 100%
Aaahaaa! You got me! Great story! I'm glad I watched it to the end so that I would know the truth!
I was fully invested! HAHAHA
ur wilddddd for this😭😭😭
9:58 I can totally imagine some bald Tibetan monk kid throwing pebbles through a brick wall while doing a one handed hand stand while balancing a yak on his foot.
1:25 Chapman’s pitch was 105.4mph
It’s tattooed on his wrist.
They actually said 161mph back then!
That’s insane
Sidd Finch definitely was an 80s thing
I don't know if I'd say it was way before Nirvana was around. They formed in 1987, just not with Dave Grohl.
Sid decided to go back to Tibet, and he has been a Tibetan monk living an isolated life since.
8:14 If you REALLY wonder, maybe look at total amout of people alive in 1985 versus whatever year you want to compare death numbers to - the percentage might be closeer than you think. People do not live forever, you know ;)
I believe they meant to say "For all intent and purposes". The phrase, "Intensive purposes" is what they call an "eggcorn" error...
Everybody's a bigshot until their arm falls off.
I believe you owe me eighteen minutes after that ending.
I was in tenth grade. Loved the eighties and early nineties
You got me, thank you.
There were less than 5 billion people in 1985, there are 8 billion now.
No idea why 12 million more people died this year......
@8:00, more people died globally per year because there were more people in the world.
In 2023, the global population was 165% of 1985.
Deaths in 1985: 48,685,438
Deaths in 2023 60.95mn
Death rate is 125% over 1985 in 2023.
I’d say the death rate compared to birth rate is getting lower
"For all INTENTS AND PURPOSES."
Benny "The Jet " Rodriguez OWNED this guy!!# TRUE STORY
And I have to add these dudes wouldn’t be lying about this , they knew ball and knew he was a weapon. Americans at that time didn’t love foreigners , but if they could play they wore worth
Especially in New York where you had a lot of immigrants
lol I got some likes and they dipped and little after it’s been a hoax
What's the name of the end song?
Darude - Sandstorm
@@nedisahonkey Thank you much!
Are you trolling us on annual deaths? Did you consider the population has doubled?
1985 - 4.8 billion
2024 - 8 billion
April 1, 1985 edition of Sports Illustrated, April's Fool prank.
I was a subscriber to Sports Illustrated and read this hyped fiction from George Plimpton. Had me scratching my head as to why they never showed his picture. Good natured hoax.
He is the real "Natural"
Sid & I counted to infinity twice
Don’t know if yall take suggestions but you should look up Axle de Fersen. A Swedish count that fought with Washington, was a love interest of Marie Antoinette, and died getting stoned by an angry mob in Stockholm.
Awesome, yeah definitely want to do some suggested videos along the way
Is that a Milwaukee hammer ? Does it take the same battery as the rest of their tools ? We put a electric cord in the end of a hammer & told this kid it was an electric hammer. He plugged it up, drove nails, worked half a day dragging an extension cord around. Somebody finally told him it wasn’t working, so he took it to the tool room to get it fixed. They told him they were real busy, to come back in a week. They put a switch on it, gave it back. So it still didn’t work, so the electrician told him he need a special permit to operate it. So they signed him up for school. It is amazing how dumb some people are, then it funny as to how many people are willing to perpetuate a joke on someone. Sky-Hook, Board-Stretcher
1985 world population 4.8 billion, today is 8 billion. So only 12 million more deaths shows that people are living longer and healthier than ever before.
Nolan Ryan actually threw 109 mph!
Movie Rookie of the year kinda