Description: Baseball in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Images of Baseball, Paperback 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 Famersmade 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.
Price: 15.59 USD
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
End Time: 2024-11-18T18:29:26.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467115056
Book Title: Baseball in Hot Springs
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Topic: Baseball / History, Subjects & Themes / Sports, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Baseball / General
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Sports & Recreation, Photography, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Author: Not Available
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Book Series: Images of Baseball Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
