This led to his creation of the comic strip character Captain Kentucky for the Saturday edition of the local newspaper Louisville Times.

A group of investors from Louisville, Kentucky, led by M. M. Williams, provided the financing for this dam.

Local government is effectively now led by the Mayor of Louisville Metro, Greg Fischer.

A stop on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at this location led to the development of commerce.

La Salle led an expedition in 1669 in which he is alleged ( by others, he never made this claim himself ) to have reached the Ohio River and followed it downstream to as far as what is now Louisville, Kentucky.

One pitcher, Guy Hecker, won a Triple Crown in a major league that is currently defunct ; he led the American Association in wins, strikeouts, and ERA in 1884 while pitching for the Louisville Colonels.

The league is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky and is led by commissioner Steve Baker.

In the 2005 season, Pitino led Louisville to their first Final Four in 19 years, and became the first men's coach in NCAA history to lead three different schools to the Final Four.

Picked to finish towards the bottom of the Big East Conference again, Pitino led them to a second-place finish, 12 – 4 ( tied with the University of Pittsburgh, but Louisville beat them earlier in the season ) in the conference standings and a first round bye in the conference tournament.

He led Marshall to the school's first bowl victory in a 48-29 routing of Louisville in the 1998 Motor City Bowl.

This conviction led him to the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, from which he earned a Ph. D. in the Greek New Testament in 1938.

In an initiative led by Paul D. Thomas, Reynolds Packaging Group CEO and a former Alcoa executive, on September 21, 2008, Reynolds announced that one of the foil plants that produces Reynolds Wrap, located in downtown Richmond Virginia, will be closed and foil operations moved to Louisville KY, which is where Reynolds Wrap was originally started.

Abramson's long period of service to Louisville as its mayor, as well as the fact that Abramson had never faced strong opposition in mayoral elections, led to the nickname of " mayor for life " being used locally, including by Louisville's own popular radio personality Terry Meiners.

Abramson began the nonprofit civic beautification program Operation Brightside, led the $ 700 million expansion of Louisville International Airport, revitalized the city ’ s waterfront with the creation of Waterfront Park and expanded the local economy by recruiting the international headquarters for Tricon Global Restaurants ( known as Yum!

The Louisville loss led to rumors that Coker's firing was imminent, but Miami Director of Athletics Paul Dee gave Coker a vote of confidence, stating that he would coach at least through the end of the season.

Shelton attended the University of Louisville, and in during his junior year ( in 2004 ) he led the Cardinals in rushing ( 938 yards ) and touchdowns ( 20 ).

Vandeweghe was a collegiate star at UCLA, where he ( along with head coach Larry Brown ) led the Bruins to the 1980 NCAA championship game, which they lost to Louisville.

The Orioles actually led the fourth game, 12 – 4, but a riot broke out among the Baltimore home crowd in the top of the 9th inning, and the game was forfeited to Louisville, 9 runs to 0.

In 1923, at the age of fourteen, he was led to the Lord by his faithful Sunday School teacher, Mrs. Daisy Hawes, and joined the Cedar Creek Baptist Church near Louisville.

Beard played high school basketball at Breckinridge County High School where, as a junior, he led the Bearcats to the 1964 state championship game losing to a Wes Unseld-led Louisville Seneca team.

Mantle, the bull-necked blond switch-hitter, had one sensational triple-crown season, 1959, when he batted and also led the American League in home runs, 52, and rbi's, 130.

While the players were on the tour, the National League instituted new rules regarding player pay that led to a revolt of players, led by Ward, who started the Players ' League the following season ( 1890 ).

After beginning the season at 1 – 3, head coach Dan Reeves and quarterback Michael Vick led the Falcons to an NFL-best eight-game unbeaten streak ( 7 – 0 – 1 ).

The Diamondbacks, led by Melvin, finished the 2005 season with a record of 77 wins and 85 losses.

He played three seasons with the Blades, and in his final year with the club he led the league in assists and points in both the regular season and playoffs.

He led the league in home runs during a season twelve times, slugging percentage and OPS thirteen times each, runs scored eight times, and RBIs six times.

The Orioles started off the first couple weeks of the season near the top of their division as players such as Nick Markakis and newcomer Luke Scott led the team offensively.

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In their inaugural season, he led the Panthers to a 7 – 9 record, setting a record for the most victories by an expansion team.

After the Panthers ' success in 1996, Capers led the Panthers through two disappointing seasons: a 7 – 9 season in 1997, and a 4 – 12 season in 1998 which resulted in Capers being fired after four seasons with the team.

Most of the high-profile games ( the various games for AFC titles and regular season games ) between the two led to these changes in NFL rules.

The Indians had a solid offensive season, led by career years from Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore.

In 1989, the first full season with night baseball at Wrigley Field, Don Zimmer's Cubs were led by a core group of veterans in Ryne Sandberg, Rick Sutcliffe and Andre Dawson, who were boosted by a crop of youngsters such as Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston, Greg Maddux, Rookie of the Year Jerome Walton, and Rookie of the Year Runner-Up Dwight Smith.

" One of the biggest stories of the season transpired as the club made a midseason deal for Fred McGriff, which was drawn out for nearly a month as McGriff debated waiving his no-trade clause, as the Cubs led the wild card race by 2. 5 games in early September.

Sosa had perhaps his finest season and Jon Lieber led the staff with a 20 win season.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

Additionally, the ' 04 season led to the departure of popular commentator Steve Stone, who had become increasingly critical of management during broadcasts and was verbally attacked by reliever Kent Mercker.

After a rough start, which included a brawl between Michael Barrett and Carlos Zambrano, the Cubs overcame the Milwaukee Brewers, who had led the division for most of the season, with winning streaks in June and July, coupled with a pair of dramatic, late-inning wins against the Reds, and ultimately clinched the NL Central with a record of 85 – 77.

The club once again led the majors in attendance, drawing 3, 281, 511 fans for the season.

The Rockies once again led the league in attendance for the season.

The team's struggles led to the firing of manager Don Baylor, the only manager in franchise history, following the season.

Castilla and Jeromy Burnitz, who led the team with 37 homers in 2004, were allowed to leave as free agents following the season.