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King and His court coming to Gastonia

Discussion in 'Softball Forum' started by cheeze105, Apr 30, 2011.

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  1. May 2, 2011 at 9:02 PM #11
    softballphreak

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    Fixed?? Are you kidding? That's like saying the Harlem Globetrotters' games are fixed!
     
  2. May 2, 2011 at 9:16 PM #12
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    King and His Court mid 1970s story

    As a little guy I watched my father face Eddie Feiner (sp?) in the mid to late 70s in Penndel, PA in front of 2,500 fast-pitch softball fans. My father played for Marek's Cafe out of Hulmeville, PA. The King struck my father out from second base blind-folded.....the routine went like this....the King asked what did my father look like...the catcher described my father's hieght and weight and the King said no problem. About 4-5 pitches later my father had swung through the fastball, drop and rise balls.....the King could bring it is all I remember. My father says he was trying not to strike out but he said the King was special from the mound.....Yes, there were at least that many fans there on this special night. It was great family entertainment for a couple bucks and they passed the hat around for more--most obliged.
     
  3. May 2, 2011 at 9:46 PM #13
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    3 generations of my family have played against the King and his Court. My father in the 60s, I in the late 70s and mid 80s and when I had them come to Oxford for a fund raiser for Oxford Orphanage in 2002 or 2003, my son caught for me. Although my son didn't get to face 'The King', Rich didn't have any trouble with him. This was a year or so after Eddie's stroke and he was doing the commentary while Rich and Eddie's wife (Mary Anna?) did the pitching. One of the things I'll remember most about that time was one of our guys at bat, with 2 strikes, and Eddie told Rich that he had promised the guy a basehit. So Rich had the guy hold the bat out over the plate and from 50 feet away, Rich hit that bat with a fastball and the ball rolled into fair territory! Amazing! I still have 3 or 4 balls that the King autographed and gave to me. The other thing I'll never forget is Eddie calling me to the Hotel so we could 'just talk'. We spent an hour together in the lobby of that Hotel just talking about what it used to be like when he was younger and the places he had been.
     
  4. May 3, 2011 at 8:21 AM #14
    cheeze105

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    if anyone wants to eat breakfast with these guys, pm me, we're looking to have a very special occasion for their final tour, plus ya need to give CD as much grief as ya can......
     
  5. May 3, 2011 at 9:30 AM #15
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    Don't miss it

    The last 100 games of the King and his Court....

    We have seen 9 presidents, the invention and demise of the 8 track, cars go from gas to electric, and played before over 20,800,000 fans, over 4900 cities worldwide in 104 countries. Gastonia will be on the list that saw the "Court" on it's last tour.....

    I have been out for over a week now, having played in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi the last few days. We play in the Tampa area tonight, then Daytona Beach on Weds, then Disney World on Thursday. Look forward to Charlotte on Saturday.

    Check out the video from the Houston game

    http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150183594789481&subj=515304480


    Freind us up on facebook. king and his court

    All you softball coaches, step up and get on the other team...
    Last chance.

    Also, I have a special guest player appearing with the Court...
    She will make her pitching debut...

    From UNC-C Emily Jefferies

    Hope to see a big crowd there!!!
     
  6. May 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM #16
    cheeze105

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    looking for two more players to play this game against cd and company. travel ball coaches????? anyone??? pm me
     
  7. May 5, 2011 at 3:04 AM #17
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    All you travel ball coaches that know the game, why are you not running to sign up to be a part if this_____________________
     
  8. May 6, 2011 at 8:49 PM #18
    cheeze105

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    i just got back from dinner with the King and His court.....oh my gawd, are this guys funny!!!!!! especially the pitcher, Rich Hoppe, it is going to be a riot tomorrow. I hope that someday he writes a book about his adventures, i sat and listened for about two hours and havent laughed that hard in a long time.

    come see these guys tomorrow. and if ya got the guts, come and bat against em....:biggthumpup:
     
  9. May 7, 2011 at 6:14 PM #19
    cheeze105

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    some wholesome entertainment today, as the king and his court came to gastonia. i havent laughed that hard in a long time, and we really enjoyed this event.

    thanks again to the king and his court...
     
  10. May 9, 2011 at 10:30 PM #20
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    great day

    Enjoyed every minute, the weather was great. The game was fun and we got to see a piece of history. Thanks for bring this to Gastonia so we got to see the King and his Court.

     
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