{"product_id":"baseball-in-hot-springs-mark-blaeuer-9781467115056","title":"Baseball in Hot Springs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHot 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHot Springs, Arkansas, with its thermal water baths, attracted its first big-league outfit when the \u003ci\u003eNational League\u003c\/i\u003e champion \u003ci\u003eChicago White Stockings\u003c\/i\u003e traveled south for spring training in 1886.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The baseball colony grew as dozens of other clubs followed. Individual players flocked here as well to hike, golf, and \u003ci\u003eboil out\u003c\/i\u003e in bathhouse steam cabinets prior to leaving for training camps elsewhere. Nearly half of Cooperstown's \u003ci\u003eHall of Famers\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eSports: Baseball in Hot Springs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Blaeuer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467115053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467115056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Mark Blaeuer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980444008703,"sku":"9781467115056","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4546e144-e562-4fea-ba55-202d66864ad6.jpg?v=1683249933","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baseball-in-hot-springs-mark-blaeuer-9781467115056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}