If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. The King and His Court touring team played over ten thousand softball games in a hundred countries from the late 1940's to the beginning of the 21st century..while achieving widespread fame similar to that of the Harlem Globetrotters.as Feigner's meticulous records claim 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games. In a 1967 exhibition at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Mr. Feigner faced a lineup of six Major League Baseball players (five of whom were later elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame). Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Brought a grin and nod to my morning. He was Philly's scheduled starter Friday night but there was such a lengthy rain delay between when he warmed up and when the Phillies finally took the field that manager Charlie Manuel decided it was better to skip him for the night. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Local brewery invites your taste buds in for a try. My catcher told me if this is it, If this is really your last game, I want to see what youve got. Sports, as The Simpsons are not-so-subtly suggesting, might be an opiate of the masses. I was bent on destroying myself. A psychiatrist told me Id never straighten up until I found my mother. He proceeds to strike out Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew, Willie McCovey, Roberto Clemente, Maury Wills, and Brooks Robinson. To use this feature, use a newer browser. The filmmakers purchased 440 acres (1.8 km2) along the Holston River for the farm set and planted corn. He struck out all six -- Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Brooks Robinson, Willie McCovey, Maury Wills, and Harmon Killebrew all in succession.His records include 9, 743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters, and 238 perfect games. The official 2023 Softball schedule for the Arizona State University Sun Devils. Family members linked to this person will appear here. After playing for several teams, including the great Camara Inn team, Dugger started playing for Carter County Bank, where he teamed up with Wes Holly and Joe Colbaugh. Radio station WQUT promoted Crazy Thursday, a day set aside to ease the burden of the everyday working person. Most of the filming was done along Goshen Valley Road and around the Goshen Valley Park area. That would be nice. He also put on thousands of free clinics. They endured enough 30-hour rides between cities that Feigner referred to a 10-hour ride as "just down the road apiece. Simultaneously, his catcher stood up to obscure the umpires vision. The following is for information purposes only. Which is why the King always had four players. Sadly, I'm talking about the King and His Court, the barnstorming softball team started by the late Eddie Feigner some 65 years ago. Jarfly won with 624 votes, followed by The Midnight Rambler with 500 votes. The King and His Court were a novelty from the beginning: a four-man softball team that toured the world and took on all comers. Jarfly started playing softball for the Eastside Baptist Church in the 1960s at the age of 13. 15. 12, Minute Maid Park, Houston: 80 He knew no one could get the bat around on Jarflys pitching. Hey, I'm a big Tim Lincecum fan but this card (2010 Topps 206, No. Sports are also a place people go together. He was something to behold., Youd be waiting for that fastball, then hed throw a change-up, Manning said. The broadcasters were Vin Scully and Jerry Lewis. "I was the only one who could hit him. "The day of the barnstormer is buried this Saturday.". For the next few years, Feigner continued to barnstorm with His Court, serving as an emcee. It was his field, his game, and everyone knew that the pitcher controlled the game. He appeared in all 50 states and in 98 foreign countries.In a 1967 exhibition at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, he faced a lineup of six major league baseball players. It played in Saudi Arabia, the jungles of Thailand and near the DMZ between North and South Korea. After Feigners four-man team routed the convicts 7-0, regional newspapers picked up the story and spread it throughout the Pacific Northwest. You can also usually find him at the Legend Lunches at Dinos every Wednesday in Elizabethton. The only run came on an inside-the-park homer that would have been a single had there been any outfielders on Feigners team. "I miss the guy, I really do. It's absolutely like your life is flashing in front of you," Hoppe said. great writing. Feigner passed away in 2007 but kept detailed records of his career that began in 1946. Make sure that the file is a photo. Two games, a scoreless tie and a 1-0 win over the Tip Top Tailors, then the world softball champions, not only attracted enormous publicity, but legitimized Feigner and his Court. You further agree not to use the information provided for any unlawful purposes and you understand that we cannot confirm that information provided below is accurate or complete. It's your last chance to see a legend, and as the King would say, it's just down the road apiece. This browser does not support getting your location. And by the time he was 16, he was throwing in Walla Walla mens leagues six nights a week. I struck out a batter from center once. Feigner made two notable appearances in Seattle during the height of the Courts popularity, the first against Pay n Pak, the defending Pacific Northwest regional fast pitch champions, June 14, 1972 at Sicks Stadium. He is the author of the bookStealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between. I give this one a difficulty rating of 6.0. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. We have set your language to Im a pipsqueak because Im caught up in a nothing game, Feigner told the magazine in 1972. But the week's most interesting line was by Philadelphia's Roy Oswalt, who officially started games on consecutive days and didn't allow a run in either. But really, he comes from the part of our collective psyche that just wants to see some good old fashioned entertainment; a few dingers from Big Mac, a 50-year-old dude in a shiny uniform striking out chump locals with a 100 mph underhand heater pitched from second base. His stats, which he supposedly kept detailed records of, are also cartoonish: 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, and 230 perfect games. Round it out afterward with a look at his website, where the keepers of his legacy are working to get a documentary made about him. Feigner suffered a stroke in 2000, the year he was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame and one day after he threw out the first pitch before the womens softball competition at the Sydney Olympics. Cherokee Park in Elizabethton was the home of fast pitch softball. pic.twitter.com/CXJdmIdKgw. Then they traveled to North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, where he played with Rick Anderson and Little Wes Holly. 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A few musings about sports journalism as the unwinding begins, Carrolls staff makeover seeks to get Wilson back in the game, Arizona loss unmasks truths about Hopkins, UW hoops, Rams win a survivors contest called the Super Bowl. Nationals Park, Washington: 76 But the score couldnt have mattered less, Jack McLavey wrote in The Seattle Times. Besides his son, survivors include his fourth wife, Anne Marie Feigner, who played first base for The King and His Court; three daughters; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. This account has been disabled. A system error has occurred. They escaped flash floods and tornadoes. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. For 15 years he wrote a popular sports humor column called "Top of the Sixth" (later re-titled "Open Season"). He pitched on military bases and rifle ranges, in rodeo arenas, on cow pastures and parking lots. By 1964, they started receiving TV gigs, including an appearance on CBSSports Spectacular, and by the mid-1970s they all made comfortable livings even though they only worked half the year. He said Feigner could play with the plumber, the maid and grease monkey and still win. Feigner particularly favored a story about a game in Edmonton when a batter argued that one of Feigners non-pitches was high. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. He and his "court," which included only a catcher, first baseman, and shortstop, played everywhere from Yankee Stadium to the Great Wall of China, with countless military bases, rodeo arenas, and cow pastures in between. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Eddie Feigner (18089855)? I dont holler at the girls if I have something to say; only me and her hear it, you dont embarrass a girl. Failed to remove flower. A guy asked me if I ever pitched against Sinatra. Appellant's trial counsel attended the hearing, but Appellant was not present in the courtroom. I bet you it was over 100 mph Youd find the ball and the umpire had already called a strike.. The fastest documented pitch thrown by a major league pitcher is 103 miles per hour.Pitching in hundreds of games each year against local all-star teams, he won 95 percent of the time. "Those reports were wrong," McCovey said. Starbucks won't go to towns the Court does. Or do you want to see me sock a few dingers!. "It's surreal. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Feigner was confident he could win with only himself and a catcher but worried the other team would just walk the two and leave them without a batter. He has a degree in political science from the University of Massachusetts. You are young and you can do whatever you want, Baldy told Dugger. To give his opponents a chance, he often pitched from second base or, on occasion, from center field. He previously worked for publications in Washington, New York, North Carolina and Florida. The Quad Cities had gathered an All-Star team of fast pitch softball players and beat The King and Legend has it that after somebody questioned his pitching ability, he said I would play you with only my catcher, but you would walk us both.. He lives in Benicia. @Justin_Malik2 /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/Q4YFloNIHk, @SunDevilTFXC Justin Robinson closes hard to win the @usatf indoor 400m national championship in 45.40! The Marlins are about to enter their final month at their home stadium, which has had seven official names (if you count minor changes from Park to Stadium and from Dolphin to Dolphins), none of them ever spoken in endearing terms. 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