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Try as he might, Hunter Pence and his 'Hakuna Matata' shirt couldn't free the Sword in the Stone

By Adrian Garro

Hunter Pence is many things. He's a wonderful Napoleon Dynamite cosplayer (along with his wife, Alexis), the quintessential example of "energetic teammate," a part-time actor on beloved sitcoms, and a "Game of Thrones" fanatic.
Despite all these designations, there's one thing he (apparently) is not. You see, it would appear that Pence is not, in fact, the chosen one: 

Alas, it wasn't meant to be.
But, on the bright side, any day spent at a Disney theme park in a "Hakuna Matata" tee is pretty much perfect, even if you're unable to unearth Excalibur.

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