MTR I get that same feeling whenever I see "Legendary" put in front of a coaches name. That should be reserved for a very few. John Wooden would be one of them.
Here is a game we will mo longer be able to see. BUT;
IF we could bring Eddie back in his prime AND bring Ty back in time to HIS best year, AND have the best players they ever played with on BOTH teams AND Eddie's team was a full team AND they played a real softball game against each other.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE ONE HECK OF A PITCHER'S DUAL AND WOULD GO EXTRA INNINGS.
I think Eddie was the best at promoting the sport the way he played the game with a 4-man team and playing by their rules. I think he inspired more kids to want to pitch softball than anyone on an international basis.
I never got the chance to see Ty pitch. However, based on 'what I have heard' he was legendary and maybe the best ever when playing by the official rulebook.
As I ungerstand it, Ty is in the softball Hall of Fame for everything he did to help our dport. I think Eddie merits a posthumous induction for everything HE did to help promote our dport.
People will talk about Ty Stofflet after he gone, just like they do about Eddie. I think THAT is what qualifies someone for the 'Legendary' status in a sport.
Man, I would have loved to see them play by the book and against each other.
Agreed......The Super Bowl of Softball. I'd pay big bucks to see that one.
Eddie was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame in 2000.
ASA and Eddie did not always see " eye to eye". Obviously, as a "professional"
he and the Court were not eligible for Oklahoma City.
Bill Plummer helped rectify Eddie's legacy when he organized an opportunity for the Court to play
at the Hall of Fame complex in 1998. The game was billed as Eddie's 10,000th game.
Don Porter presented Eddie with a plaque, recognizing Eddie and the Court for
their contributions to the game of softball.
We actually had 5 players present that day.
The King, Eddie Feigner,
Rich Hoppe,( Hop and the Hustlers fame.) from NJ... pitched against Ty many times.
Mike Branchaud (now with Softball Canada)
Jack Knight ( Hollywood actor, remember him from Cheers)
and myself.. when I still had hair.... a mullet lol
Hal, I don't think what I said carried any weight with you at all (my teammates were there playing against Eddie around 1975 ) or you wouldn't have posed such a question. Eddie was primarily a showman most of his career. His statistics are mostly meaningless based on the kind of competition he faced. If Ty ( who himself was a great hitter and the best fielding pitcher of all time ) would have had his 1st baseman ( we called him donut head ) and two other teammates in 1975 ( 1975 was one of the many years that Ty's team won the ASA Open Nationals ) in a 4 man team game against Eddie's team, trust me, it would have been no contest. I'll tell you again- comparing the two is " not comparing apples to apples ". ( Just my not so humble, and I think informed opinion.) Also Hal, there is no comparison between "the best Open Division Pitchers and the best A Division Pitchers".How would Ty have done with being the pitcher on a 4 man team? Against Eddie with his 4 man team? HMMM.
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