The Sidd Finch Hoax – Hoaxes in History, Part 3. The story of the Sidd Finch Hoax is, like Tsang Wong Foo, the story of a great baseball pitcher who didn’t exist. This hoax, however, is much more modern than that of Tsang Wong Foo. It appeared in an article printed in Sports Illustrated on […]
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Tsang Wong Foo – Hoaxes in History, Part 2
Today I’m going to introduce you to the greatest baseball player who never was, Tsang Wong Foo. The year was 1887, and the Chicago White Stockings were looking for more pitchers. They had ace hurler John Clarkson but little else, and so one Milwaukee newspaper decided to dramatize their plight by inventing a new pitcher […]