Buckingham Palace

Umpire Arlie Latham, known as “the freshest man on Earth” during his playing days with the St. Louis Browns, visited the gardens at Buckingham Palace to teach the King how to throw out the ceremonial first ball. Arlie’s advice to the monarch: “More speed!” American sportswriters and cartoonists loved the unlikely pair. “Isn’t it enough to make the crickets whistle?” commented a newspaper in Pennsylvania.