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    612-822-4611

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Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly

Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly

Appel, Marty
Ritter, Lawrence S.

Paperback

Series: American Sports History, Book 3

Baseball & Softball

ISBN10: 1578860032
ISBN13: 9781578860036
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: Mar 18 1999
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.39 Depth: 8.47
Language: English
Mike King Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s. Slide, Kelly, Slide reacquaints baseball fans and scholars with this little-known pioneer of the game. Marty Appel, the author of several baseball books, conducted a thorough search of local archives to bring the story of King Kelly to light and place him in his proper historical context. An innovator on the field, who was not above taking advantage of the only umpire running the game, Kelly touched many aspects of American culture while a ballplayer. He was the first player to sign autographs, and wrote the game's first autobiography. A Hall of Famer and a two-time batting champion, Kelly's greatest contribution was the popularity that he brought to the game. Slide, Kelly, Slide will truly delight.

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