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April 27, 2011

In honor of the big wedding in England, we present baseball royalty



We may not have been invited to the royal wedding, but we did want to pay tribute to what's her name and what's his name who are getting married. Here is our baseball royalty:

VIVIAN AND FRANK BARNING
Felix Hernandez -- King Felix
Mel Queen
Prince Fielder
Duke Snider
Earl Battey
Ray Knight
Ray Noble
Chief Bender
Albuquerque Dukes
Kansas City Monarchs
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons
New York Knights - Roy Hobbs' team in The Natural
Bob Prince - announcer

TOM MORTENSON
"King" Carl Hubbell
Babe Ruth -- "Sultan of Swat"
Harry Lord
Virgil Jester
Rogers Hornsby -- "The Rajah"
John "The Count" Montefusco
Kansas City Royals
Birmingham Black Barons

TOM HENNINGSEN
Rex Barney
Jose Reyes
Mark Koenig
George "The Baron von" Mitterwald

DARRELL BERGER
Mike Squires

2 comments:

Frank Barning said...

Mark D. Rotker suggested we add Max Patkin, the "Clown Prince of Baseball" to our list. He would be the perfect mascot.

Tom Mortenson said...

Don Kaiser