@merkong came about back in my competitive slow pitch softball days. Full dress uniforms (two per player), 3 hats per player (game hat, back up, bar hat), hoodies, windbreakers, cleats, bags, bats… We were heavily sponsored.
With a career 1,950 home runs, career batting average of over .725, and slugging percentage a whopping 1.379 I could really sting the ball. Roaming right center field with Buggsy to my right, K-Dog in left, and Dinner in right, we could all cover ground and had cannons for arms.
The name came about when I destroyed a pitch that was tape measured at just under 400’. Twice in back to back at bats.
“He hit that like King Kong” turned into Merkong as the “mer” part is the first half of my last name. Sometimes just Kong or Konger, I always answer to Merkong.