A long time ago in a tribe far, far away…
It is a period of German exploration. In his courageous travels famed explorer James Hankinsmak befriends the Nobui tribe. It is here in this arid climate that Hankinsmak would witness the game that would later bear his name. He wrote of a game played with inflamed, sundried elephant testicles in which one of the testicles was rolled from an elevated mound to a designated Mohafa (or kicker).
The Mohafa is allowed to request speed and texture of roll, and scoring is determined by distance of kick. The importation of Hankinsmak’s records to the U.S. has been traced to Gloria Estafan and the Miami Sound Machine’s 1981 World Tour. With this information now in the hands of Americans the hybrid of Baseball and Hankinsmak was created – thus, introducing Kickball…