Portal:Baseball/Did you know/Week 15, 2007

• ...that Sidd Finch, an enigmatic New York Mets pitching prospect with a 103 miles-per-hour fastball, was a creation of journalist George Plimpton? Sports Illustrated ran a story on Finch as part of an April Fools Day hoax in 1985.
• ...that the St. Paul Saints, a team in the independent American Association known for their over the top promotions, are owned in part by the son of Bill Veeck?
• ...that Disco Demolition Night was a promotional stunt held between the two games of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, where fans were asked to bring disco records that would then be blown up? Spectators stormed the field, and the White Sox were forced to forfeit the second game due to safety concerns.
• ...that before joining the St. Louis Cardinals, Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson played one season of basketball for the Harlem Globetrotters?

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