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Follow on Google News | Books-A-Million to Host Book Signing for Baseball in Hot SpringsLocal author, Mark Blaeuer, will be available to sign copies of book
Local author, Mark Blaeuer, will be available to sign copies of book 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. Highlights from the Book: · It incorporates images of several historic ball yards in Hot Springs (Whittington Park, Majestic Park, Fogel Field, and Jaycee Park-some of these venues no longer exist), where teams played exhibition games and practiced. · It includes a number of images of legendary baseball icons such as Josh Gibson, Roger Hornsby, Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Babe Ruth, and many more. Join the author for a signing: Where: Books- 450 Cornerstone Boulevard Hot Springs, AR 71913 When: Saturday, June 25th, 2016; 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online. Arcadia Publishing & The History Press creates the largest and most comprehensive publisher of local and regional content in the USA. By empowering local history and culture enthusiasts to write local stories for local audiences, we create exceptional books that are relevant on a local and personal level, enrich lives, and bring readers closer to their community, their neighbors, and their past. Have we done a book on your town? www.arcadiapublishing.com End
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