Play Ball: Stories from the Diamond Field and Other Historical Writings about the 19th Century Hall of Famer

by Mike "King" Kelly, Mike, Michael J. Kelly

If Cap Anson was baseball's first star, King Kelly was the first player whose celebrity extended beyond the diamond. The dashing mustachioed Kelly was a favorite of newspapermen, who lionized him as "King of the Diamond" and "The $10,000 Beauty"; of fans, who celebrated his daring in song ("Slide, Kelly, Slide") and his grace in poetry ("Beautiful Mike"); and certainly of the baseball establishment, which was willing to pay outrageous sums for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786423633
• ISBN13: 9780786423637
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher