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  King Kelly | The BASEBALL Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
King Kelly was the toast of baseball in the late 1870s and 1880s, establishing himself as the number one drawing card in the sport.
Kelly and the rest of the White Stockings were rough guys with a reputation for bending the rules, both on and off the field.
Kelly demanded that Spalding pay him a $375 bonus that he was promised for "good behavior." Surprised by the demand, Spalding argued he was not obligated to pay Kelly the bonus because the outfielder had been fined several times for drunken behavior.
www.thebaseballpage.com /players/kellyki01.php   (743 words)

  
  King Kelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kelly entered the National League with the Cincinnati Reds in 1878 and became a star with the Chicago White Stockings in 1880.
In one of the largest moves in the early history of professional baseball, Kelly was sold after the 1886 season to the Boston Beaneaters for a then-record $10,000.
Note: The fictitious character King Kelly and the ensuing plot in the 1949 baseball movie It Happens Every Spring is not related to, or based on, the life nor career of Michael Joseph Kelly.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Kelly   (517 words)

  
 The Ballplayers - King Kelly | BaseballLibrary.com
Kelly, who played every position, was one of the greatest players of his era.
After Kelly was traded to the Braves for a record $10,000 in one of the biggest deals in baseball's early history, Chicago fans were so upset they boycotted their team, except when Boston played there.
Imaginative and quick-thinking, Kelly was credited by Cap Anson with devising the hit-and-run play, although this is disputed.
www.baseballlibrary.com /ballplayers/player.php?name=King_Kelly_1857   (447 words)

  
 10 O'Clock News | [Judge Paul King]
Kelly notes that the Dorchester District Court is the busiest court in the system; that King was chief justice at the court for eleven years.
Kelly reports that a court clerk testified that King set an unusually high bail amount for four African American defendants in 1982; that the clerk testified to King saying that African Americans deserve high bails for voting against his brother.
Kelly notes that Michael Dukakis (former governor of Massachusetts) beat Ed King (brother of Paul King and former governor of Massachusetts) in the 1982 gubernatorial election.
main.wgbh.org /ton/programs/7952_02.html   (403 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Kelly Hu
Kelly might not be a household name just yet, but with her good looks, kung fu skills, and upcoming lead role in the Rock vehicle The Scorpion King, it seems that her time is just around the corner.
We like Kelly because we know that she had to dig to get to where she is today; she didn't have the benefit of any big breaks early in her career to get things kick-started.
Kelly Ann Hu was born February 13, 1968, in Honolulu, Hawaii, of Cantonese/English/Hawaiian lineage.
www.askmen.com /women/actress_100/129_kelly_hu.html   (394 words)

  
 King Kelly
He led the league three times each in doubles and runs scored, and he is one of ten NL players to have scored a league-record six runs in one game.
Kelly won renown for his daring baserunning, stealing at least 50 bases for four successive years, with a high of 84 for the Braves in 1887.
Colorful both on and off the field, Kelly acted with flair and was admired and adored by fans.
www.baseball-statistics.com /HOF/Kelly.html   (695 words)

  
 King Kelly - Search Results - MSN Encarta
King Kelly - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Kelly, King (1857-1894), American baseball player, one of the most colorful and popular figures of professional baseball’s early years.
King (royalty), title of a male ruler vested with authority over a single state, nation, or tribe, usually for life and by hereditary succession....
encarta.msn.com /King_Kelly.html   (93 words)

  
 TheDeadballEra.com :: BEER DRINKERS AND HELL RAISERS: KING KELLY
Kelly, who played every position, was one of the greatest players of his era and baseballs first superstar.
Lost in all the mystique of his legend is the fact the King Kelly was one hell of a ballplayer.
Cap Anson traded Kelly to the Braves in 1887 for a record $10,000 in one of the biggest deals in baseball's early history, Chicago fans were so upset they boycotted their team, except when Boston played there.
www.thedeadballera.com /BeerDrinkersKingKelly.html   (699 words)

  
 King Kelly -- Led league in runs three times -- HistoricBaseball.com
You may draw a blank when you hear the name Mike Kelly, but when he played ball in the 19th century, the reaction of those who saw him was probably anything but.
His feetfirst hook slide inspired a famous song, "Slide, Kelly, Slide." For decades into the twentieth century, the expression was famous as a warning for danger.
While touring in variety shows in the early 1890s, until his death at age 36 from pneumonia, Kelly often recited "Casey" and sometimes while in the baseball uniform of a local team.
www.historicbaseball.com /players/k/kelly_king.html   (522 words)

  
 CNN.com
KING: Now, the Democrats or some Democrats are urging the Bush administration to prove its claim by releasing the intelligence showing what they have.
KING: We now welcome to LARRY KING LIVE, Kelly Marino, the mother of the King boys, Alex, 13, and Derek 14, who pled guilty to killing their father on November 14.
KING: That's Alex, 13, his brother, Derek, they in plea bargain have pled guilty and Kelly, their mother, is insisting they didn't do it and they have told her they did not do it.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0212/09/lkl.00.html   (6515 words)

  
 CNN.com
KING: I want to tell you, the most surprising thing to me was -- I don't know what I expected, but that may be the finest campus I've ever been on, to combine what it is with today with yesterday, with its religious aspect.
KING: When it was the hottest of the hottest, you were on the front cover of national magazines.
KING: How tough was it for you when the Gifford story broke, Frank and the other woman and Kathie had to live with that.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0211/17/lklw.00.html   (6385 words)

  
 Kelly -- 0103
King came in and took over the same spot that Smoky had laid in.
When a large dog threatened King, it was a three-month-old ball of red fur that chased the bully away.
The first day, Kelly really enjoyed having a puppy there, but by the next day, he was saying, that’s enough, take him back where you found him.
www.bestfriends.org /Memorials/0103/Kelly0103.htm   (741 words)

  
 King Kelly | BaseballLibrary.com
Beginning his career with the Reds in 1878, he soon was given the title King of Baseball, and became the number one idol of the nation.
Kelly, who won the NL batting championship for the pennant-winning White Stockings, wants the bonus of $375 that Spalding promised for good behavior last year.
Spalding refuses to give him the bonus or to rescind the additional $225 withheld from Kelly's salary as fines for drinking.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/K/Kelly_King.stm   (580 words)

  
 King Kelly | National Baseball Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Not only was Mike "King" Kelly one of the premier players of his day, he was also one of the most flamboyant.
His daring baserunning prompted fans to coin the battle cry, "Slide, Kelly, Slide," and the catcher-outfielder sparked the Chicago Nationals to five pennants.
After capturing the batting crown in 1886, the colorful Kelly was sold to the Boston Beaneaters for a then-record $10,000.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/Kelly_King.htm   (235 words)

  
 NetShrine Discussion Forum - King Kelly Substitute - Fact or Fiction
The story is that King Kelly, nursing a hangover, was on the bench.
Kelly supposedly announced "Kelly now catching for Boston" and caught the foul pop for the out.
According to "The Rules of Baseball" by David Nemec, the next revision of the substitution rule was in 1910, long after Kelly passed away, and concerned the announcement of substitutes by the team captains.
www.netshrine.com /vbulletin2/printthread.php?t=4480   (385 words)

  
 Bleed Cubbie Blue :: The Top 100 Cubs Of All Time - #41 Mike "King" Kelly
For Mike "King" Kelly, all the world was a stage and he was the unlikely star.
She pointed to Kelly instantly.) No one would call him "King" Kelly until he got to Boston years later, but if there had been a Rush Street to be mayor of, he would have been the first.
When Mike Kelly was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945, a frantic search for his daughter, who would have been in her fifties if she were still alive, was launched.
www.bleedcubbieblue.com /story/2007/1/9/93423/11123   (4817 words)

  
 King Kelly - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
King Kelly - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about King Kelly contains research on
King Kelly, External links, 1857 births, 1894 deaths, Baseball Hall of Fame, Major league right fielders, Major league catchers, 19th century baseball players, Baseball managers, Cincinnati Reds players, Chicago White Stockings players, Boston Beaneaters players and Boston Reds players.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/King_Kelly   (463 words)

  
 Kelly King
Raised in a small New England town, Kelly King began her journey to stardom with the support of her family.
At the tender age of 4, she frequently dressed as her favorite childhood characters, putting on backyard performances for her relatives and neighbors.
Standing in front of the lights, listening to the applause for her first dance recital, Kelly knew she was born to be a performer.
home1.gte.net /res1uss2/kellyking/pages/bio.html   (138 words)

  
 CNN.com - Osbournes: Kelly in drug rehab - Apr 2, 2004
And they said that they were going to say that it looked like Kelly was doing a drug deal, so they wanted our comment on it.
And I asked Kelly on several occasions, 'Are you taking drugs?' And she said, 'I promise you, Daddy, no, nothing like that is happening.'
SHARON OSBOURNE: Of this guy -- Kelly had pulled up in her dad's car, and she was giving him money, and he was taking the money.
www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/02/osbournes.lkl/index.html   (1188 words)

  
 King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
IMDb > King Kelly of the U.S.A. Quicklinks
However, KING KELLY is a standout...and a delicious discovery at that.
Character actor Ferdinand Gottschalk is utterly hilarious as King Max, the nervous bicycle riding leader of this hilarious kingdom...his wobbly ride out of the palace is truly a great comedy scene.
imdb.com /title/tt0025349   (342 words)

  
 Slide, Kelly, Slide on Baseball Almanac
Their online bio reads in part, "Not only was Mike 'King' Kelly one of the premier players of his day, he was also one of the most flamboyant.
His daring baserunning prompted fans to coin the battle cry, Slide, Kelly, Slide, and the catcher-outfielder sparked the Chicago Nationals to five pennants." Baseball Almanac is pleased to present that legendary battle cry / turned poem / turned song, Slide, Kelly, Slide.
MIKE J. Every possible Mike "King" Kelly stat (click here for those) can be seen on Baseball Almanac — and those seeking even more information should read Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike "King" Kelly, Baseball's First Superstar.
www.baseball-almanac.com /poetry/slide_kelly_slide.shtml   (324 words)

  
 Tangled Roots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The son of Irish immigrants, Kelly was one of baseball's first superstars.
A year-by-year (1878-1893) history of Kelly's batting, fielding and pitching statistics.
Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike 'King' Kelly, Baseball's First Superstar.
www.yale.edu /glc/tangledroots/tr12bb8.htm   (84 words)

  
  • o n e m i n u t e - kelly-element.net
Nobody at Kelly-Element.net is able to contact Kelly Clarkson, her agent or anybody related to her.
Kelly's been talking about her new single..and thers some infomation in there about her appearence on 'Idol Gives Back'.
Kelly Clarkson has decided to go with "Never Again" as the first single from her third album, My December, according to a post on her Web site.
kelly-element.net   (349 words)

  
 IOL: Cycling king Kelly warns of risky test
Speaking recently at the Cork Institute of Technology sports bursary awards in Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, the four-time Tour de France green jersey winner highlighted the lack of access to doctors as the primary reason why he feels the process is such a fickle one for amateur athletes.
Having established the Seán Kelly Cycling Academy outside the city of Merchtem in Belgium four years ago, and with a continental team now challenging professionally in division two, Kelly instructs his riders to contact the team doctor whatever the ailment.
Among Kelly’s protégés based north of Brussels is 22-year-old Corkman Páidi O’Brien from Banteer, who the Carrick-on-Suir man believes has a very good future ahead of him.
breakingnews.iol.ie /sport/story.asp?j=205790528&p=zx579yz34&t=sport   (929 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
KING: Dr. Ludwig, because of the seriousness of this -- and you've dealt with cases of sexual abuse or pedophilia...
KING: OK. Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne are with us, announcing their daughter Kelly has been admitted to rehab at a place called Promises in Malibu, a very well known place.
And I said to Kelly just the other day, darling, if you have anything you want to tell me in secret that you don't want to tell mommy, please feel free and talk to me. And she said, daddy, what are you asking me these questions for, I am not taking drugs.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0404/02/lkl.00.html   (6507 words)

  
 Sports: Call Him King Kelly
Kenny Kelly, quarterback of the great Tampa Catholic teams of the mid 90s,is by our estimation the finest player in Hillsborough County history.
It is those numbers, along with the leadership and maturity Kelly showed on the field and in the classroom that led to his being named the Best Player Ever from Hillsborough County by the Times.
When he wasn't taking snaps, Kelly appeared as a defensive back oncertain occasions, taking the chance to pay back a couple of the hits he hadtaken earlier in the game.
www.sptimes.com /News/90399/Sports/Call_Him_King_Kelly_.shtml   (1373 words)

  
 Kaki King
For King, the choice was one of artistic necessity.
But King is not afraid to be vulnerable, either, and the album loses none of the emotional openness that defines King's previous work.
Over the last few years Kaki King has started to trade in, or significantly alter, the parts of her music that got her noticed in the first place.
www.kakiking.com   (600 words)

  
 A package shipped from Peru and addressed to King Kelly, arrived at the Honolulu International Airport mail room on ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Also inserted in the back cover of the album was a beeper, which would enable the agents to monitor the location of the package and to learn when the back cover of the album was being opened.
Kelly signed for the package and went upstairs to a conference room.
The officers followed Kelly to his residence, commenced surveillance of the house, and monitored the beeper signals.
www.law.emory.edu /CRIMPRO/problems/ch07pr03.html   (345 words)

  
 Boston Globe Put its Imprimatur in 2004 Behind Alumnus’s Ted Williams Book While Snubbing the Definitive Book on ...
Kelly has also been shut out of the Globe's new DVD, available for $19.99 by calling 877-GLOBE-DVD, called ''Boston's Greatest Sports Stories: Beyond the Headlines.'' According to the promotional literature, more than 600 photographs were considered and apparently none of Kelly was selected, despite a collection of them at the Boston Public Library.
An expression based on his prowess in sliding, ''Slide, Kelly, Slide,'' became the title of a song in 1889, a common expression as a byword for impending danger, and the title of an MGM silent movie in 1927.
Also, a Kelly reference was mentioned by Howard Bryant in the Boston Herald and the author was interviewed, along with a former commissioner of baseball and noted author Eliot Asinof, on the syndicated National Public Radio show, ''Only a Game,'' by WBUR-Boston host Bill Littlefield.
www.prweb.com /releases/2004/12/prwebxml183097.php   (1722 words)

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