TQOTD: Baseball

In 1985, Sports Illustrated ran a story about a new pitcher for the New York Mets called Sidd Finch. Other than being Harvard educated and having spent time in a Tibetan monastery, what was the most unusual thing about Finch?

( He *had* to be a Met.... )

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I am feeling oddly melancholy this evening. Nothing serious, just tired and dispirited. Part of it was Little League, part of it was that I feel life is slipping out of cotrol in general. Going to my church group did not help, although I got a lot out of it in other ways, and it was nice to see my friends again.