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| | Slide, Kelly, Slide on Baseball Almanac |
 | | The National Baseball Hall of Fame enshrined King Kelly in their halls way back in 1945. |
 | | 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. |
 | | His legendary career was (incorrectly) reported as the inspiration for Casey at the Bat (though it was often referred to as Kelly at the Bat), often credited as the creator of the hit and run play, and his Hall of Fame plaque reads as follows: |
| www.baseball-almanac.com /poetry/slide_kelly_slide.shtml (324 words) |
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