Today is the birthday of Mike “King” Kelly (1857-1894). Irish-American Kelly was one of the first sports stars to go on the vaudeville stage. Baseball right fielder, catcher and manager Kelly played for the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago White Stockings, the Boston Beaneaters, the Boston Reds, the New York Giants, and Cincinnati Kelly’s Killers. Kelly […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:58AM on December 31, 2015