The King of fast pitch softball. R.I.P.
1 posted on
02/10/2007 10:42:03 AM PST by
groanup
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2 posted on
02/10/2007 10:42:40 AM PST by
groanup
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To: groanup
Condolences to Eddie Feigner's family and friends. I saw him back in the mid 1950's in (Allen Park I believe) Michigan when I went with my dad. We lived in the next community. I was a little kid.
Picture of Eddie in an article here...
http://www.llu.edu/lluch/newsstory.html?id=79
3 posted on
02/10/2007 10:52:29 AM PST by
PGalt
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4 posted on
02/10/2007 10:55:16 AM PST by
Hebrews 11:6
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To: groanup
I heard that once in an exhibition game someone from the opposition got a hit and they started ribbing him about it. So he got mad and told his teammates in the field to take a seat on the bench and pitched the rest of the game with just himself and the catcher and just struck out everyone from then on.
6 posted on
02/10/2007 10:59:28 AM PST by
Uncle Chip
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To: groanup
Honestly, I'd never heard of him, but he was apparently an amazing athlete. Prayers and peace to those who loved him.
7 posted on
02/10/2007 11:00:58 AM PST by
Rockitz
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8 posted on
02/10/2007 11:17:05 AM PST by
groanup
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This guy played a lot of softball all around the South.
9 posted on
02/10/2007 11:17:47 AM PST by
groanup
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To: groanup
One of my favorite memories is being struck out by Eddie while he was blindfolded. This was a traveling exhibition in Northern California about 1976. He was amazing to watch.
10 posted on
02/10/2007 11:26:08 AM PST by
builder
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To: groanup
I have seen him at least once on TV.
Maybe they will put him on a sports special!
11 posted on
02/10/2007 11:27:40 AM PST by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
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To: groanup
I got to play against Fast Eddie in Wichita Falls, Texas, the summer of 1971. Struck out three times. He pitched from second base. He was a phenomenon and a really nice fellow; God bless him....
To: groanup
My uncle played on a team called Big Joe Bakers back in the 50's when the King and His Court visited Stambaugh Michigan to play them. The King won the series, but did loose a game to Big Joe Bakers. My uncle who played 3rd base close to home plate fielded a grounder and chased down one of the Court before he made it to 1st base, earning a salute from the King.
13 posted on
02/10/2007 11:40:49 AM PST by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: groanup
Fast Eddie was a King. I saw him as a child and it was amazing.
Another piece of our father culture is now gone. At least a visual record exists to show our own children and grandchildren.
14 posted on
02/10/2007 11:52:34 AM PST by
ASOC
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To: groanup
I saw The King a number of times when I played womens' professional softball and hardball and he and his Court were a novelty feature on the other half of a double header.
For Chicago western suburbanites, the Court played in Parichy Stadium, Forest Park, Illinois.
Everything said about him above is absolutely true.
He was all seven of the Seven Wonders of Softball.
Leni
15 posted on
02/10/2007 12:02:32 PM PST by
MinuteGal
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