| Baseball in Hot Springs Contributor(s): Blaeuer, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467115053 ISBN-13: 9781467115056 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Sports |
| LCCN: 2015943733 |
| Series: Images of Baseball |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hot Springs, known for its naturally heated springs and therapeutic bathhouses, became a major training ground in baseball. A must-have for fans of baseball history. Hot Springs, Arkansas, with its thermal water baths, attracted its first big-league outfit when the National League champion Chicago White Stockings traveled south for spring training in 1886. The baseball colony grew as dozens of other clubs followed. Individual players flocked here as well to hike, golf, and boil out in bathhouse steam cabinets prior to leaving for training camps elsewhere. Nearly half of Cooperstown's Hall of Famers made the pilgrimage to this baseball mecca. Major- and minor-league aggregations, legendary teams, players of the Negro Leagues, and baseball schools for budding players and umpires all come to bat in Images of Sports: Baseball in Hot Springs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Blaeuer, Mark: - Author Mark Blaeuer, originally from southern Illinois, earned his MA from the University of Arkansas. He moved to Hot Springs in 1989 as a ranger for the National Park Service. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and the Garland County Historical Society. |