For this April Fool’s Day, I was thinking of creating a fake shocking story and wait for the reactions. But that’s what everbody does. So, instead of trying to play joker, I’m talking about other people’s hoax.
Sure, today you were probably amazed by Google’s plan to gather a few people and travel to Mars, YouTube featured videos or even with the Legend of Zelda movie trailer. But good old sports fans (especially baseball betting fans) will never forget the best April Fool’s Day sports hoax ever: Sidd Finch.
The Sidd Finch hoax was so damn cool and clever that it’s listed as #2 in the Museum of Hoaxes’ Top 100 April Fool’s Day hoaxes of all time. Sports Illustrated published Sidd Finch’s story on the April issue in 1985. Sidd (from Siddharta) was supposed to be a rookie training to play with the New York Mets, a yoga freak who could throw a ball at 168mph. His story was really weird: he was a Harvard dropout who went to Tibet and learned from the great Lama Milaraspa the techniques that allowed him to throw at that speed. He was an amazing potential pitcher for the Mets, even when he hadn’t even played baseball in his life.
Lots of people were taken in, and even called to know more information about the rookie. Baseball bettors were probably saving all their money to put it on the new star! So be careful with this month’s issue of any magazine. TV hoaxes at least are just for 1 day, but monthly editions can be tricky.
In the meantime, just play it cool at BookPerHead where all bookies sign up and receive 1 year totally free!!! ….
… Ok, ok, I just had to try the hoax thing. But you do get a free week when you sign up, that’s for real!….
Source: Museum of Hoaxes
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