The First Goalie on Goalie Hockey Game

In a hockey game in 1905 a very unusual event occurred. In a game between the Montreal Westmounts and the Quebec Bulldogs in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League, every player except for the goalies were ejected by the referees. This resulted in the two goalies, Montreal's Fred Brophy and Quebec's Paddy Moran, taking turns shooting at each other. When Brophy beat Moran to win the game it became the first recored goal scored by a goaltender.

A side note, only 10 goalies have ever scored in an NHL game. The first NHL goal scored by a goalie happened in 1979 when NY Islanders goalie Billy Smith was credited with the goal after Colorado Rockies' defenseman Rob Ramage shot the put into his own net. (The Rockies would move to New Jersey 3 years later and become the Devils)

The complete list of NHL goalies to score in a game:

Billy Smith - NY Islanders
Ron Hextall - Philadelphia Flyers (twice)
Chris Osgood - Detroit Red Wings
Martin Brodeur - New Jersey Devils (three times)
Damian Rhodes - Ottawa Senators
Jose Theodore - Montreal Canadiens
Evgeni Nabakov - San Jose Sharks
Mika Noronen - Buffalo Sabres
Chris Mason - Nashville Predators
Cam Ward - Carolina Hurricanes

Brodeur scored a goal for the third time earlier this month.

Only 6 goals have been scored directly from shots taken by a goalie. Here are all 6:

 

Windows 8: An Animated Tale of Why It Sucks

Brian Boyko, a professional reviewer, has an interesting and entertaining review of Windows 8, including it's fatal design flaws.

NY Times: Romney Campaign Is Broke

Today's New York Times reports the Romney campaign is currently broke and cannot afford to run ads. The only ads on TV are Obama ads, and the only thing being said about Romney online and on TV is negative. There is no positive spin on Romney because he cannot afford to run ads.

They also report the Romney campaign lied about how much money they had raised. While they did bring in over $100 million a month the last few months, most of that money was donated to the Republican National Committee, not Romney. The RNC can only spend a total of $22 million on ads for Romney, the rest is being spent on other GOP candidates.

Yesterday's reports were that Romney is dropping like a rock in all polls in all states, only leading in 6 states right now, according to the Huffington Post, which aggregates multiple poll results.

Mitt Romney Fights With Reporter After Being Exposed As A Liar

Obama Releases Ad Targeting Romney's Leaked Speech

President Obama's campaign today released a man-on-the-street style video showing reactions to Romney's private speech to wealthy donors, where he says 47 percent of the country believe they are "victims" who pay no taxes and refuse to take accountability for their lives.

For more, head over to The New York Times.

King Kelly - America's First Superstar Athlete

Mike "King" Kelly was America's first superstar professional athlete but is mostly unknown today. However, many of his accomplishments are still in practice today in major league baseball and are part of everyday life for celebrities. Read on for more about this fascinating player.


King Kelly started his career with the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1878. After the 1879 season the Red Stockings released all of their players due to financial difficulties. Kelly signed with the Chicago White Stockings, who would later be known as the Chicago Cubs. (Yes, in 1901 when the American League was formed, the White Sox "stole" their name from the Cubs, who were no longer using it. The White Sox couldn't even think of an original name.)


It was with Chicago that Kelly blossomed into a superstar - both on and off the field. He won 5 pennants in his 7 years in Chicago, who were led by future Hall of Famer player/manager Cap Anson.


Kelly hit .354 with 13 hr's and 95 rbi's in 1884 in baseball's "dead-ball" era. Two years later Kelly won the batting title by hitting .388. He then demanded a raise from the Cubs for the 1887 season. After refusing to give Kelly a raise, and being told he would never play for Chicago again, team secretary Al Spalding instead sold Kelly to the Boston Beaneaters (today's Atlanta Braves) for the unheard of price of $10,000. Kelly was known for his good looks, and after that he was bestowed the nickname "$10,000 Beauty."


Kelly became legendary for achieving many firsts. He played catcher and outfield, as well as other positions, but while behind the plate he become one of the first catchers to use a baseball glove and to wear a chest protector. Kelly is credited with inventing the hit and run.


Kelly also invented the hook slide, where he would slide in away from the opponent trying to tag him and attempt to touch the base by reaching back with his feet, which is still used today.


Kelly is also considered to have been the first man to popularize autographing, as fans pursued him on his way to the ballpark for his signature in the 1890's. (Wikipedia)


Kelly became as famous off the field as on. After arriving in Boston, he regularly performed on Vaudeville, where he was noted as a "natural born comedian" and famous for readings of Casey At The Bat, (which some reports incorrectly claim Kelly was the model for the poem) and for appearing with beautiful women. And while on the subject of beautiful women, Kelly's good looks certainly didn't hurt him with the ladies...


"A man who loved the limelight, he could be found almost every night about-the-town, enjoying what Chicago had to offer. A strikingly handsome man, his baseball celebrity only amplified his touch with the ladies. He could have his pick of almost any woman he wanted, and he usually did. He didn't have to frequent whore houses like some players because the ladies came to him, a real accomplishment during those conservative Victorian times of the 1880's. An impeccable dresser, he wore silk shirts and spats, and was once named one of America's Best Dressed Men." (The Deadball Era)


Kelly's base stealing prowess led to the recording industry's first hit pop record. Kelly became famous for not just his sliding but for stealing many, many bases, which again gave him the opportunity to show off his unique slide. His fans would cheer, "Slide, Kelly, Slide!" In 1893 George J. Gaskin recorded a song called "Slide, Kelly, Slide!" that became the first hit pop record. Prior to that song, most recordings were of opera, speeches, or patriotic themes. (side note, recordings then came on cylinders like empty tubes of toilet paper)


A 1927 silent comedy film also was inspired by King Kelly and titled, "Slide, Kelly, Slide!"

Kelly's style of base running was also legendary beyond his sliding. Back in the 1880's only one umpire would work a game. Kelly would use this to his advantage. He would look to see if the umpire wasn't watching him run, and run across the infield from first to third, skipping second base. This often worked, despite the protests of the other teams. However Kelly was called out just as often as he got away with it.


Kelly was also famous for his drinking, both on and off the field. On one hot summer day in the mid-1880's while playing for Chicago, Kelly brought a mug of beer out to rightfield with him. He took a drink, and before he could set it down, pitcher Larry Corcoran delivered the ball, which was promptly shot like a canon into rightfield. Kelly ran after the ball with the beer mug in hand and reached out to catch the ball with his other hand, reportedly not spilling a drop of beer. Kelly's heavy drinking occasionally required him to miss games or play drunk.


One result of the "beer mug incident" was Kelly's picture was posted in Irish bars in Chicago and Boston, where he became an Irish hero.


Players would take turns coaching the bases during Kelly's career, and he was well known for his mischief in that area as well. Kelly would distract fielders on other teams by yelling their names and using any means necessary for his teammates to reach base. Cap Anson called him a "genius" at distracting opposing players. "Man a run has been scored through Kelly's trickiness," Anson said.


Kelly was also adept at fouling off pitches to draw a walk. Back then, foul balls did not count, so Kelly would foul off ball after ball while working a walk. Baseball directly changed their rules because of Kelly (and others who followed his lead), and in 1894 foul balls began to count as strikes.


Later in his career Kelly would become a player/manager. One game he was in the dugout managing when a pop foul was hit. Realizing his catcher wouldn't be able to reach the ball, Kelly ran on the field, yelled he was replacing the catcher, and caught the ball. The umpire objected and the out did not count.


In 1888 Kelly again achieved a first, writing the first professional athlete's autobiography, titled Play Ball: Stories of the Ball Field.


Kelly’s big league career ended after the 1893 season, having compiled 1357 runs, 69 home runs, 950 RBI, and a .308 batting average. Unreliable record-keeping practices of the era prevent an accurate estimate of how many stolen bases Kelly compiled over his career, but statistics kept during his later years indicate he regularly stole 50 or more bases in a season, including a high of 84 in 1887. He also managed to steal six bases in one game. (Wikipedia)


Late in Kelly's baseball career he appeared in more and more Vaudeville shows, from Boston to New York City, to Dover, New Jersey, and other cities. 


In November, 1894, Kelly took a boat from New York to Boston to appear on Vaudeville for a week of performances. He caught a cold on the trip, and his performances were canceled. While in Boston, the cold turned into pneumonia, and Kelly died a week later at the age of 36.

In 1945, Kelly was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


King Kelly's full career statistics can be viewed at Baseball-Reference.

Kelly's Hall of Fame plaque inscription reads:


MIKE J. (KING) KELLY
COLORFUL PLAYER AND AUDACIOUS
BASE-RUNNER. IN 1887 FOR BOSTON
HE HIT .394 AND STOLE 84 BASES.
HIS SALE FOR $10,000 WAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST DEALS OF BASEBALL'S
EARLY HISTORY.










For more reading, the 1999 book by Marty Appel is a must:
Slide, Kelly, Slide, The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly

Report: Romney Was In Charge of Bain During Outsourcing

An SEC report filed by Mitt Romney contradicts Romney's own claims that he was not in charge of Bain Capitol when the company started outsourcing jobs.

From the AP (emphasis on the last paragraph):


"Federal documents filed by Mitt Romney's former company appear to conflict with the Republican presidential candidate's statements about when he left Bain Capital. The private-equity firm is central to Romney's legacy in the private sector.


Bain told the Securities and Exchange Commission in February 2001 that Romney was its sole shareholder, director, chief executive officer and president. It said Romney's "principal occupation" was as Bain's managing director.


Romney's campaign repeatedly has said Romney had virtually nothing to do with Bain's operations after February 1999.


Questions about Romney's control at Bain Capital from 1999 to 2001 are important in his campaign. That's when the company oversaw investments that either sent jobs abroad or filed for bankruptcy."

Full story at Boston.com.