The King & His Court is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our online visitors. We are also extremely sensitive to families concerns about their children’s personal information and safety. We want you to know about and understand the measures we have taken to keep information we may collect and our website a safe and secure environment for everyone. This privacy statement tells you how and why we collect information from you, and how we use that information.
We encourage our visitors to read through and understand our privacy statement. We may update it from time to time to address new issues or reflect changes on our site. Please refer to this privacy statement regularly.
If you have any questions or concerns about the statement, please contact us at admin@kingandhiscourt.org. To quickly access a particular section of this policy, you can click directly on the links below:
Information You Provide to Us
How We Use the Information You Provide
Choice/Opt-out
We Protect Kids Privacy
Notification and Verifiable Parental Consent
What are Cookies
What are IP Addresses
A Notice About Our Advertisers
A Notice About External Links
Public Forums
Security and Financial Transaction Use
Contacting The King & His Court
The King & His Court endeavors to provide you quality information that is tailored to your needs. In order to do that we sometimes need to ask you for information so that we can provide the kind of content you want, when you want it. We want to customize our site for you so that it meets your needs as fully as possible–this includes customizing articles, discussions, banners and more. We may ask you to register or provide personal information when you visit certain areas of The King & His Court website, enter a contest, play games, complete surveys, subscribe to a service or to a newsletter, submit content, or ask us for information.
We consider the following to be personally identifiable information: first and last name, e-mail address, street address, zip code, phone number, credit card number, and checking information. We only collect personally identifiable information from you when you voluntarily submit it. Providing your personal information to The King & His Court is optional. If you choose not to register or provide personal information you can still use our site but you will not have access to customized information.
Depending on the particular King & His Court website section with where you register, we may ask for your name, age, address and/or zip code, e-mail address, and name of school, business or organization. If you are under 18 years of age, we will also ask you to provide your parent’s or guardian’s e-mail address. We may also ask you to choose a user name and password to use when you log in to the site.
We use the personal and demographic information you provide us to tailor the content, services and advertising on our website to meet your current and future needs. Use of this data allows us to customize your experience by showing you content according to your preferences. From time to time, we may share the personal information you provide to us with our agents, third parties who are affiliated with our site, or with carefully selected companies so you can receive information that we believe may be of interest to you. We may use this information to inform you of product upgrades, special offers, updated information, and/or new services. We will also use your contact information to ship purchases made at The KHC Store. Financial information that you share is only used to check your qualifications.
If, however, the information provided is from or about an individual under 18 years of age the information will be used solely by The King & His Court for internal purposes only and the information will not be shared with third parties.
The King & His Court gives you the opportunity to opt-out of having your personal information used for purposes not directly related to your use of the KHC website. If you register for any of The King & His Court programs or services but do not want your data shared with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes you can opt-out at any time by sending us an e-mail at admin@kingandhiscourt.org. To help us update your records correctly, please indicate in your e-mail if you are opting out of postal mail, e-mail or telemarketing communication. Please also provide your registration details including first name, last name, street address, city, state, postal code, and country.
As a parent, you’ve probably done a lot of thinking about protecting your family’s privacy on the Internet. Well, we’ve been thinking about it, too. We are working hard to provide you with the best information and the highest quality interaction on the Internet in an environment that is safe. In compliance with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we have adopted the following policies to keep kids safe:
Upon request, The King & His Court will provide a parent or guardian with a description of the information that may have been provided about their child or teen during a registration process for a program or service of this site. The King & His Court only asks for a child’s or teen’s personal information if it is necessary for registration to participate in a program or service. Registration data that is provided about children or teens is not used for marketing and is never shared with any other party. If you would like to view your child’s registration data, request a change, or request that we delete any of your child’s personal information, please send an e-mail to admin@kingandhiscourt.org which includes your child’s first and last name, school zip code, and your first and last name.
The King & His Court encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children. We urge parents to instruct their children to never give out their real names, addresses or phone numbers, without permission, when using the Internet. We recognize a special obligation to protect personal information obtained from children.
If you have any questions about our Kids’ Privacy Policy please call The King & His Court at 509-736-6877 ext. 208.
Certain areas and activities within our website ask visitors under the age of 18 to provide personal information such as their name, date of birth, e-mail address or school name. We only ask for the information that is necessary to participate in the particular activity.
Before any personally identifiable information is collected, we will do our best to notify the parent or guardian that their child or teen is participating. Notification will include the exact nature and intended use of the information we are collecting, as well as the opportunity for the parent or guardian to prevent the use of the information and the child’s participation in the activity. If the child is under 13 years of age we require the parent or guardian to provide verifiable parental consent such as an e-mail, mail-in letter, fax or toll free phone call to The King & His Court. If the individual is a teen between the ages of 13 and 17, The King & His Court will notify the parent or guardian that their teen is participating and sharing personal information but we do not require consent.
When verifiable parental consent has not yet been obtained, we will use online contact information (such as an e-mail address) only as is appropriate to:
The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry; you’ll find them used on our website, as you will at other major sites. “Cookies” are small text files written to your computer. They make our website easier for you to use because they save your preferences while you are at our sites (although we do not save passwords in cookies). Cookies also help us know which areas are your favorites, which need a bit of improvement, and what technologies and Internet services our visitors are using. Knowing this information helps us continually improve the online experience for our visitors and members.
The non-personally identifiable information we track with cookies is anonymous and is not used to identify, or lead us back to, any particular visitor. Visitors to our website may have the option of disabling cookies via their browser preferences (most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies).
While browsing through our website, you may get cookies from our advertisers or sponsors.The King & His Court and its affiliated sites do not control these cookies.
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you use the World Wide Web.Web servers–the big computers that “serve up” Web pages–automatically identify your computer by its IP address.
Our website collects IP addresses for system administration; to report aggregate information to our advertisers, sponsors, and partners; and to audit the use of our site. When visitors request pages from our website, our servers log the guests’ IP addresses. We normally do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a visitor’s session will be logged, but the visitor remains anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a visitor when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our rules or terms of service, or to protect our service, site, customers, or other individuals.
Some features within our website, such as certain message boards, may display IP addresses along with the message-poster’s visitor name and message. You should review each feature prior to use and only use those that disclose information you are comfortable sharing.
The King & His Court may use an outside advertising company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, The King & His Court does NOT work with any partners who do not comply with our privacy policy guidelines.
Occasionally, you will find links from our website to independently owned, controlled, and/or managed websites whose content we believe will be of possible interest and value to our visitors. Additionally, you’ll see links from advertisers, sponsors, and other partners who may The King & His Court’s logo as part of a co-branding agreement.
In many cases, these links represent cooperative projects or mutual links established with the organizations connected with these sites. We don’t control the content of these links. These other sites may send you their own cookies, collect data, or solicit personal information. While we identify sponsor and advertiser areas of our Websites, we do not control these cookies or the content of these third parties.
The King & His Court has partnered with other companies to provide certain services. In some cases, while you may see The King & His Court logo on another company’s site. The King & His Court does not share any of your personally identifiable information with these partners and they do not share any information back with us. Once you leave our servers (you can generally tell where you are by checking the URL in the location bar on your browser), the use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting. That policy may differ from ours.If you can’t find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from that site’s Home page, you should contact the site directly for more information.
We specifically recommend that children check with their parents or teachers before clicking on to any new sites.
The King & His Court may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. Consequently, you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
To the extent that portions of our website, such as chat rooms or bulletin boards, provide users an opportunity to post and exchange information, ideas and opinions (“Postings”), BE ADVISED THAT THE KING AND HIS COURT MAY NOT SCREEN, EDIT, OR REVIEW POSTINGS PRIOR TO THEIR APPEARANCE ON OUR WEBSITE, and Postings do not necessarily reflect the views of The King & His Court. The King & His Court reserves the right to monitor all Postings and to remove any which it considers offensive or otherwise in violation of our legal Terms and Conditions. Please read these Terms of Use, according to which The King & His Court will in no way be responsible or liable for the Postings. Here’s more legal notices regarding Postings: You must have all necessary rights in and to all Postings you provide and all material they contain; your Postings must not infringe any proprietary or other rights of third parties; your Postings must not contain any viruses or other contaminating or destructive devices or features; your Postings must not contain any defamatory, indecent, offensive, tortuous, or otherwise unlawful material or content; and your Postings must not be used to carry out or solicit any unlawful activity and/or be used to make commercial solicitations. Also, you authorize The King & His Court to use and/or authorize others to use all or part of your Postings in any manner, format, or medium that The King & His Court or such other parties see fit; and you shall have no claim or other recourse against The King & His Court for infringement of any proprietary right in Postings.
The King & His Court has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Essentially, we encrypt all transmission of sensitive data and secure all of our repositories of data. When you use your credit card or check to shop at The KHC Memorabilia Store, your transaction is secure. Our servers use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced encryption technology that works with Netscape Navigator (versions 2.0 and above), Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 3.0 and above), and AOL (AOL 3.0 and above). This technology safeguards your personal information and privacy. However, you should understand that “perfect security” is never guaranteed.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of The King & His Court, or your dealings with our website, please:
E-mail us at admin@kingandhiscourt.org
Write to us at: The King & His Court, 100 N. Morain Street, Kennewick, WA 99336 Call us at: 1-509-735-2878 ext. 208
Brandon is a proud 2004 graduate of the University of Alabama where he worked with the Tide softball program. His coaching career includes college and professional stops. He is currently the assistant softball coach at Rutgers. In 2001, he toured Asia with the Court and was the team’s featured pitcher. Duncan also pitched for the Spartanburg Stars from 1996-2004, helping the team to three NSA World Series appearances. Brandon helped close out the Court during the summer of 2011.
Ron was drafted out of high school by the Toronto Blue Jays. His 10 year baseball career included 7 years with the Blue Jays, 1 year with the Brewers, one year with the Pirates and one year with the Long Island Ducks in the Independent Atlantic League. Ron played 2 years with the Court, including the last games during the summer of 2011. Ron hit the last home run for the Court in Walla Walla Washington on August 27, 2011 as we closed out 65 years of barnstorming.
David is the founder of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) and served as the teams Head Coach, General Manager and CEO in the years 2011 to 2015. Mr. Van Sleet is now the creator and General Manager of the nationally known highly competitive amputee baseball tournament team the Louisville Slugger Warriors. A team made up of active-duty soldiers, Veterans and Wounded Warriors who have suffered physical and invisible wounds while serving in the military and the recent wars plus other amputees playing baseball in college.
Bobby Smith is a great pitching coach whose primary emphasis is deceptive pitch movement. He has the unique ability to quickly recognize the source of a pitching execution error and provide specific instruction that an athlete can apply immediately to obtain positive results. Bobby knows both how to pitch and how to teach others to do so as well. Bobby manages the Texas Stars, a championship men’s fastpitch team that competes yearly in the sport. His most famous pupil, Cat Osterman had a record breaking career at the University of Texas, and then as a standout Olympian and professional player in the NPF. Bobby is a great ambassador for the sport, honored and respected with the men’s and women’s game.
As the heart, soul and engine behind the Justin’s World of Softball website, Justin McLeod has turned a personal passion into a thriving media enterprise. His site is one of the true go-to destinations for news about Division I softball – during the season his day is spent churning through the facts, figures and first-hand knowledge he pulls in from multiple sources. The site averages 55,000 unique views monthly, a number that spikes up significantly during the NCAA season and when coaching-change news is percolating. Based in northeast Louisiana, McLeod can hop in his car on a given morning and be at sites in six different states before first pitch. He’s restless, with a deep well of contacts and informed opinions that make him a powerful and relevant voice in the ever-intriguing world of fastpitch that expands outside of NCAA developments.
Shawn Krest is a sportswriter for ACCSports.com and the ACC Sports Journal. His work has appeared on CBSSports.com, ESPN.com, The Sporting News, MLB.com and the official game programs for the MLB All Start Game and League Championship Series. He has been honored by the USBWA, PFWA and BWAA in their annual writing contests. Every Friday, Shawn appears on the David Glenn Show, and he makes regular appearances on stations in New York, South Carolina, Virginia and Florida. He is the co-author of the Football Outsiders’ 2006 Pro Football Prospectus. Shawn lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Darrick Brown has served as Olivet College’s head softball coach for three years. His entire coaching career spans more than 26 years to include time leading softball, baseball and hockey teams. Coach Brown’s softball achievements include one professional world championship with the Chicago Bandits and six college conference championships, and these accolades have landed him as a nationally known hitting and pitching instructor. He has traveled to Hawaii, North Carolina, California, Tennessee, Kentucky, and extensively throughout the Midwest and Michigan to teach clinics.
Scott Gorman has been providing hope and redemption for those suffering from Substance and Alcohol Use Disorders for over two decades. Scott was a pioneer in the Recovery Coach movement serving the television, film, and music industries. Scott is a leading interventionist and mentors Recovery Coaches around the country. Scott is also Chief Advocate and Relationship Manager for WEconnect Health, a technology platform which provides a digital solution for addiction recovery aftercare in the palm of your hand. Scott was formerly the Independent Interventionist and Addictions Specialist Consultant for the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) from 2011-2016. Scott was a consultant to the National Association of Drug Court Professionals under CEO West Huddleston in 2011. Scott was the Chief Aide to the Owner/CEO of The Indianapolis Colts (NFL) from 2002-2010. Scott played Professional Fast Pitch Softball for the World Famous 4-Man team The King and His Court.
Coach Bastian’s professional coaching experience spans 25 years internationally as well as in the United States, encompassing all levels of softball. His experience includes having served as the Head Coach of the Chinese National Softball Team from 2005-2008, USA National Team coaching staff member from 2000-2005, assistant coach for the 2003 USA Softball Junior World Championship Team, as well as having coached in the WPSL and colleges throughout the United States. He has also served as a private instructor to members of the USA Olympic Team. Additionally, Coach Bastian has acted as a director and instructor of numerous international, national, and collegiate camps. His many years of international and domestic clinical presentation experience includes having been a featured speaker at many International Softball Federation (ISF) clinics around the world, as well as well as having been a featured speaker at the 1996 NFCA Coaches Convention, college camps, and numerous softball clinics held throughout the United States. Presently, Coach Bastian owns and operates The Fastpitch School, and has developed Team TFS club franchises, as well as Team TFS International. Coach Bastian also formed the Chinese Softball Foundation, a non-profit organization, which aids Chinese softball players as well as fosters international softball development.
Mark has punted a football over 80 yards and was invited to play for the New York Yankees baseball club. Marks great arm once threw a man out at home while leaning off-balance with his back against the center field fence! He is now a high-school teacher in California.
Wes joined the court as a part time player in 2001 and has toured with the team playing shortstop, first base and catcher. Wes is very active in the community.and supports many charities. By trade he is a substance abuse counselor and carries a strong message against drugs to the youth.
An ex-Dodger and Red Sox, pitcher, Doug first met Eddie on a golf course. Doug could drive a golf ball 350 yards. Eddie encouraged him to join the team as a catcher. He hit 79 home runs in four months with the court.
Floyd is one of five left-handers who has played on The Court. He played Softball at Virginia Tech. and now teaches school in California.
John hit 190 home runs for The Court in 1980. The Court’s third ex-major leaguer. John played baseball for Montreal, Houston, and the Philadelphia Phillies. He learned to hit a softball playing for the Texas State Amateur Softball Champions, the Houston Bombers.
Dave played centerfield for the University of North Carolina when they finished 3rd in the 1978 College World Series. He is now the head baseball coach and athletic director at Flager College, St. Augustine, Florida.
Wayne hit well against the King during a game in Orlando, FL. and was invited to join the team when Bill Kehrer had to return home. A master mechanic who loves cars, McGill retired when he discovered he had a blind spot when hitting an in-raise.
Jon joined the King and His Court in 2007. He was an all-conference center fielder at UC Irvine where he posted a .388 batting average. He attended Notre Dame High School is Sherman Oaks, CA where he not only lettered in baseball but is the all-time career leader is goals scored in water polo.
Scott Gorman began his KHC career in 1995. “Traveling the country with Eddie, Rich and Gary was an amazing, life changing experience. Scott put on the red, white and blue for the first time in Winnemucca, Nevada is forever etched in my memory. God enabled me to live my dream!”. After his KHC career, Scott went on to work with athletes, actors and musicians as a sobriety coach. Scott resides in Zionsville, IN with his wife Courtney and son Grey.
Pitched for the Hollywood All Stars before joining the Court. Jack is an avid softball player. He has pitched in 12 National Championship Tournaments and was named a 1st Team All American in 1988. He has posted 44 no-hit games, including a perfect game in league play. Jack served in the U.S. Army. Knight appeared on Broadway in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and in musical revivals. He relocated to California in 1972. In television, he had a recurring role on “Cheers”, starred in “Lotsa Luck”, was a regular on “James at 16” and the variety shows of Garry Moore, Susan Anton and Peter Marshall. He twice guested on the “Tonight Show”. He appeared in “JAG”, “NYPD Blue”, “Spin City”, “All That” and “Nick Cannon” on Nickelodeon. In films, Jack appeared as a detective in “L.A. Confidential”, as an investigating patrolman in “Rosemary’s Baby”, an NYPD detective in “The Sicilian Clan”, and as Sheriff Wyatt in “The Class of 1999 II”, and as a railroad worker in Stephen Spielberg film “Catch Me If You Can”. Off-screen.
Charlie’s career spanned over 40 years as a men’s major fastpitch player. Charlie started with the Court booking games throughout the country and filling in as needed as a player. Charlie helped the Court jump into the 21 century with their social media presence and the website. Charlie is the Head Softball Coach at William Peace University in Raleigh NC for the past 21 years. He has served on the NCAA National Softball Committee, a member of the NFCA and was the head coach of USA Collegiate team that competed a in Spain and France during the summer of 2006. He helped retire the ‘Court” after Eddie’s death in 2007 through the final tour in 2011.
Ron hit the most home runs for the White Sox farm team in the minors. He gave up the majors to join the Court and went on to play for “local 57” team out of Providence, R.I. The redhead could sing like Marty Robins and entertained along the tour for several seasons- a truly funny and talented man.
What was to one day become The King And His Court all began in 1946 when Eddie Feigner, an energetic strong-armed young man who had excelled as a softball pitcher before the war and in the Marines, was home again buzzing his fast ball by home town batters.
There was one thing about Feigner, he had a world of confidence in himself and his ability to pitch a softball. Whenever anyone hurled a challenge at this lad in his early 20’s, he had an immediate taker.
Playing in an early spring league, Feigner was pitching for a local team of 9 men in a game in Pendleton, Oregon. Eddie’s team won the game by a whopping score, but afterwards his skill as a “hot shot” softball pitcher was challenged. This was too much for the “King” who brazenly announced, “I would play you with only my catcher but you would walk us both.” The other team’s manager said, “OK, you bring your catcher, shortstop, and first baseman down here and we will play you.” On the way back home, the four wondered what they should do to get ready.
Because it was early spring and the local ball parks were unavailable to practice on, the 4 men requested permission to play some of the teams inside the Washington State Prison. The request was granted. With high walls as a backdrop, and the curious inmates looking on, The Four-Man Softball Team came into being. That same week, the name “The King and His Court” was chosen.
A week later 400 fans were on hand to view the unpublicized, initial 4 versus 9 game. Feigner rose to the occasion. In 7 innings, he pitched a perfect game and struck out 19 batters. One ball was hit to the shortstop, and one to the first baseman. The final score was 7-0 in favor of the Court.
The players of the opposition team deserve much praise. Sometimes during our games they are subjected to a little of what is called “horseplay.” The intention is never to make a player look bad. After all, when a man offers his services to play, we have nothing but respect for him.
Eddie passed away on February 9, 2007.